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MEMORIALS 


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Robert  Lawrence, 


Robert  Bartlett, 


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Their  Descendants. 

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PREFACE. 

This  family  history  is  the  result  of  an  effort  com- 
menced in  1886  to  assuage  grief  by  keeping  the  mind 
occupied.  At  first  it  was  undertaken  without  any 
thought  of  publication,  but  as  it  has  developed  to  such 
an  extent  as  to  embrace  substantially  everything  of 
interest  connected  with  the  two  families,  it  has  seemed 
best  to  put  the  record  into  such  form  as  would  preserve 
it  for  the  use  of  the  present  and  future  generations.  It 
is  not  published  for  general  but  private  distribution. 
The  writer  cannot  hope  that  the  work  is  devoid  of  errors, 
although  great  care  has  been  exercised  to  make  it  accu- 
rate and  trustworthy.  Whoever  has  had  anything  to  do 
with  deciphering  and  copying  manuscripts,  will  readily 
understand  the  difficulty  of  handling  so  many  names 
and  dates. 

It  has  been  said  that  the  three  most  important  events 
in  a  man's  life  are  his  birth,  marriage,  and  death. 
Besides  these  points  the  following  pages  will  give  some- 
thing of  the  occupations,  professions,  religious  and 
political  beliefs,  and  whatever  will  help  to  show  what 
kind  of  lives  these  men  and  women  have  lived.  It  is 
believed  that  the  work  is  so  arranged  that  no  descendant 
will  have  difficulty  in  tracing  his  ancestral  pedigree  back 
to  the  founder  of  his  family.  The  figures  at  the  left 
and  a  little  above  the  names  indicate  the  generation 
from  the   American  pioneer  of  the  family.     In  compil- 


6  PEEFACE. 

ing  the  Lawrence  history  the  writer  is  under  obligations 
to  Rev.  B.  F.  Lawrence,  Cyrus  R.  Lawrence,  Mrs.  Ach. 
sah  Lawrence,  Mrs.  William  D.  Berry,  and  Mrs.  Rozil- 
lah  Lamb. 

This  work  does  not  undertake  to  give  the  history  of 
the  entire  family  of  Bartletts — a  very  numerous  one  and 
scattered  over  the  whole  country — but  it  gives  an 
account  of  Robert  Bartlett,  1623,  and  some  of  his  most 
prominent  descendants,  tracing  the  ancestral  line  down 
through  six  generations  to  John  Bartlett,  who  emigrated 
to  Maine  in  1793,  and  then  giving  a  full  account  of 
John's  numerous  descendants,  and  embracing  in  its 
entire  scope  the  history  of  ten  or  eleven  generations  of 
the  Bartletts.  It  also  gives  a  brief  account  of  the 
Wadsworths  and  Bisbees  with  which  the  family  is  con- 
nected. A  short  space  is  devoted  to  the  English  Bart- 
letts, showing  the  probable  connection  of  Robert  Bart- 
lett with  the  English  stock. 

In  collecting  the  Bartlett  history  the  writer  is  under 
obligations  to  Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett,  WiLliam  C. 
Bartlett,  Horace  B.  Bartlett,  Nathaniel  Bartlett,  Capt. 
L.  C.  Bisbee,  Benjamin  P.  Cary,  Jacob  Bartlett  Shaw, 
F.  M.  Shaw,  Dr.  J.  Blake  Robinson,  Rev.  Danville  A. 
Dearborn  and  his  two  brothers,  John  and  Daniel,  Oscar 
Hayford,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  A.  Benson,  and  Mrs.  Helen  S. 
Thomas.  If  this  little  book  shall  contribute  in  any  way 
to  perpetuate  the  names  and  virtues  of  these  two  families, 
the  compiler  will  consider  that  his  labors  have  not  been 
in  vain. 

H.  B.  Lawrence. 

Holyoke,  Mass.,  Oct.  13,  1888. 


PART    I. 


tAWRENCE  MEMORIAL 


WITH     INDEXES 


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A  nearly  complete  history  of  the  Lawrence  family, 
which  first  settled  in  Sandwich,  Mass.,  is  given  in  the 
following  pages.  It  is  not  known  whether  the  two 
brothers  who  settled  on  Long  Island  lived  and  had 
descendants.  A  majority  of  the  Lawrences  have  been 
farmers.  Four  are  graduates  of  Colleges,  four  have 
fitted  themselves  for  the  Christian  ministry,  two  have 
had  a  knowledge  of  the  law,  one  being  admitted  to  the 
bar,  three  have  made  teaching  their  profession,  one  had 
a  knowledge  of  medicine,  one  is  a  missionary  in  India, 
several  have  been  fine  scholars,  and  quite  a  number  have 
been  ingenious  mechanics.  It  is  believed  that  no  one  of 
the  family  has  ever  been  addicted  to  the  use  of  intox- 
icating drink.  Almost  all  have  been  members  of  the 
Baptist  church.  The  first  four  generations  are  1Robert, 
2Joseph,  3Joseph,  Jr.,  and  4James.  James's  sons, 
5  Joseph,  5Asa,  and  5Peter,  will  be  considered  under  three 
great  divisions,  and  their  descendants  will  be  regarded 
as  branches  under  their  respective  divisions. 

Our  forefather's  name  was  Robert  Lawrence. 
He  with  two  of  his  brothers  in  the  capacity  of  soldiers 
was  sent  by  his  Britannic  majesty,  probably  Charles  II, 
and  between  the  years  1664  and  1667,  to  Holland.  The}^ 
left  the  army  and  came  to  America.     Two  stopped  at 


10  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

Long  Island,  but  Robert  settled  in  Sandwich,  Barnstable 
County,  Massachusetts,  on  a  piece  of  land  near  Fal- 
mouth line,  with  the  salt  water  and  marsh  on  the 
west.  Robert  was  married  to  Sarah  Barlow.  They  had 
a  son,  3Joseph  Lawrence,  who  was  married  to  a 
Miss  Chadwick. 

Joseph  had  a  son,  8 Joseph  Lawrence,  Jr.,  who  was 
born  in  1706,  and  died  July  15, 1768,  aged  62  years.  He 
was  married  to  Betsey  Paddock.  He  lived  in  Plymouth 
Mass.,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  he  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Congregational  church.  They  had  six 
children  :  Justis,  Seth,  Hannah,  Penninah,  Patty,  and 
James.  Justis  was  married  to  Deborah  Garret.  He  fol- 
lowed the  sea,  but  finally  settled  in  Swanzey,  New 
Hampshire.  Seth  was  a  soldier  and  died  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution.  Hannah  was  married  to  Seth  Barlow. 
Penninah,  born  June  7,  1738,  taught  school  in  Pocasset 
where  she  died  May  3,  1755.  Patty,  born  September  1, 
1741,  died  of  consumption,  October  3,  1767. 

4James  Lawrence,  our  great  grandfather,  was 
born  November  27,  1745.  He  was  married,  January  1, 
1769,  to  Abigail  Ewers,  who  was  born  March  13,  1749. 
James  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  a  part 
of  the  time.  They  had  six  children :  5 Joseph,  5Asa, 
Temperance,  Rufus,  5Peter,  and  Betsey.  They  lived 
in  Sandwich,  on  Cape  Cod,  Mass.  August  10,  1786, 
they  moved  to  New  Sandwich,  since  called  Wayne, 
Kennebec  County,  Maine,  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  land 
in  the  extreme  eastern  part  of  the  town,  on  what  is  now 
called  the  old  road  from  Wayne  to  Winthrop.  They 
felled  trees  and  cleared  a  portion  of  this  land,  and  built 
a  log  house  in  which  was  their  home  for  several  years. 


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They  had  many  obstacles  to  dishearten  them,  limited 
means,  sometimes  poor  crops,  and  often  sickness.  Rufus, 
born  Jnly  27,  1778,  died  of  fever,  March  26,  1790 ;  Abi- 
gail, the  mother,  died  of  consumption,  April  28,  1790, 
aged  42  years ;  Betsey,  born  June  22,  1785,  died  April 
23,  1804  ;  and  Temperance,  who  was  born  November  1, 
1770,  died  about  1860. 

James  died  of  dropsy,  in  Wayne,  July  3,  1811,  in  the 
66th  year  of  his  age.  Rev.  B.  F.  Lawrence  says,  "James 
Lawrence,  our  great  grandfather,  I  have  heard  my  father 
say,  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  scholarly  tastes 
and  attainments  for  history.  At  the  time  of  the  first  dis- 
covery of  electricity  by  Dr.  Franklin,  James  manufac- 
tured an  electrical  machine,  which  was  the  wonder  of 
his  whole  neighborhood.  A  man,  who  knew  him  well, 
declared  him  to  be  a  born  orator  and  a  man  of  great 
learning  for  his  times."  He  was  formerly  a  member  of 
a  Congregational  church,  but  feeling  somewhat  dissatis- 
fied, he  was  finally  baptized  by  immersion,  united  with 
others  and  formed  the  first  Baptist  church  in  Wayne. 
The  Lawrences  for  the  most  part,  have  been  professors 
of  religion,  and  nearly  all  of  them  have  been  members 
of  the  Baptist  church.  Joseph,  the  oldest  son  of  James, 
wrote  as  follows:  "My  great  grandfather,  grandfather 
and  grandmother,  father  and  mother  were  people  that 
feared  Grod." 

5JOSEPH  LAWRENCE    DIVISION. 

Joseph,  son  of  James,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Mass., 
October  29,  1769,  and  died  in  Jay,  Me.,  July  5,  1852, 
aged  nearly  83  years.     He  made  a  brief  genealogical  his- 


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tory  of  his  forefathers,  and  it  is  to  his  efforts  we  are 
chiefly  indebted  for  the  account  of  the  first  four  genera- 
tions. He  relied  upon  old  family  records  and  the  testi- 
mony of  members  of  the  families  then  living.  Rev.  B. 
F.  Lawrence  says,  "My  grandfather,  Joseph,  inherited 
much  of  his  father's  love  for  learning,  but  his  early  ad- 
vantages gave  him  no  opportunity  for  an  education.  He 
attended  a  public  school  for  only  six  weeks.  Later  in 
life,  however,  he  gave  himself  to  study,  employing  at 
one  time  a  lady  teacher  for  several  weeks.  He  also  stud- 
ied medicine  and  for  several  years  his  medicines  and  his 
medical  advice  were  much  in  demand." 

Joseph  lived  on  a  farm  for  a  time  in  Wayne  and 
Winthrop,  but  afterwards  moved  to  Jay.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Joanna  Floyd,  who  was  born  June  5,  1766,  and 
died  September  BO,  1823,  aged  57  years.  His  second 
wife  was  Betsey  Boardman.  His  third  wife  was  Rebec- 
ca Faunce.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  eight  children  : 
Abigail,  Noah,  Sally,  Francis,  Manasseh,  Phcebe,  Rufus, 
and  James.  Abigail  died  of  heart  disease,  December  31, 
1859,  aged  65  years ;  Sally  died  June  12,  1837,  aged  40 
years  ;  and  Phcebe  died  about  1842  at  the  home  of  her 
brother  Francis. 

6NOAH  LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

Noah,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Wayne,  June  3, 
1796,  and  died  in  Lexington,  Me.,  December  21,  1852, 
aged  56  years.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Jay.  December  25, 
1824  he  was  married  to  his  cousin,  Philenia  W.,  daugh- 
ter of  Asa.  She  was  born  in  Wayne,  July  18,  1801. 
They  had  one  child,    Mercy,  who  was    born  July  12, 


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1826,  and  died  the  following  December.  Philenia  died 
of  consumption,  in  Jay,  July  25,  1829,  aged  28  years. 

April  5,  1830  Noah  was  married  to  Beulah  Leach,  a 
widow,  whose  maiden  name  was  Rowell.  She  was  born 
May  25,  1799,  and  died  at  North  Wayne,  June  15,  1879. 
By  his  second  wife  he  had  three  children :  Sarah  M.,  born 
in  Jay,  March  25,  1831  ;  Betsey  R.,  born  October  17, 
1836,  lived  twelve  days  ;  and  Prentiss  M.,  born  Novem- 
ber 25,  1839,  lived  ten  days. 

January  1,  1856  Sarah  M.  Lawrence  was  married  to 
Silas  L.  Lincoln,  a  farmer  at  Dead  River,  Me.  Sarah 
was  baptized  by  Rev.  C.  Parker,  and  joined  the  Baptist 
church  of  Wayne.  They  had  four  children  :  Fremont, 
born  July  1,  1857,  is  living  but  in  poor  health  ;  Ida  M., 
born  July  20,  1859,  was  married,  October  15,  1882,  to 
Almon  O.  Houston  of  Detroit,  Maine,  and  died  February 
15,  1886.  She  was  a  devoted  Christian  and  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Kents  Hill ;  Xoa 
E.,  born  April  12,  1861,  is  living  in  Weld.  She  is 
spoken  of  as  an  excellent  young  woman ;  and  Mason, 
born  April  28,  1863,  died  August  20,  1864. 

6FRANCIS   LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

Francis,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Wayne,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1799,  and  died  from  the  effects  of  an  abscess  in 
the  throat,  in  Jay,  April  18,  1858,  aged  58  years.  He 
was  able,  ingenious,  a  worthy  member  of  the  Oriental 
Star  Masonic  Lodge,  No.  21.  an  honest  man,  and  deacon 
of  the  Baptist  church  of  Jay. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Lawrence  says,  "My  father,  Francis  Law- 
rence, was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  as  an  edged- tool 


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maker  he  acquired  quite  a  renown,  his  axes  and  draw 
shaves  being  cash  articles  in  every  logging  camp.  He 
represented  the  town  of  Jay  in  the  Maine  Legislature  in 
1843-44,  and  held  every  town  office  at  different  times. 
He  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  did  a  great  deal  of 
writing  deeds  and  wills,  and  giving  legal  advice  the  last 
of  his  days.  He  held  the  office  of  County  Commission- 
er at  the  time  of  his  death.  I  think  we  owe  what  abil- 
ity for  scholarship  we  have  as  a  family  to  both  parents. 
My  father  was,  probably,  the  best  scholar  in  his  own 
family — a  careful,  an  exact,  but  slow  thinker.  My 
mother  came  from  a  family  that  learned  from  observa- 
tion, and  took  in  an  idea  at  a  glance.  We  are  a  cross 
between." 

Francis  Lawrence  was  married  to  Susan  N.  Winslow, 
who  was  born  in  Livermore,  and  died  in  Portland,  Aug- 
ust, 1872,  aged  65  years.  They  had  eleven  children  : 
Susan  T.,  Deborah  N.,  Deborah  N,  2d,  Benjamin  F., 
Melinda  B.,  Clarinda  T.,  Thomas  E.,  Clara  T.,  Sarah  B., 
Mary  F.,  and  Isabel. 

Susan  T.,  born  August  5,  1827,  died  of  consumption, 
September  27,  1850.  She  was  a  young  woman  of  unusu- 
al maturity  of  mind,  decision  of  character,  and  active 
piety.  She  was  a  school  teacher  of  considerable  local 
renown ;  Deborah  N.,  born  February  9,  1829,  died 
August  13,  1830  ;  Deborah  N.  2d,  born  February  28, 
1831,  died  October  10,  1850,  living  two  weeks  longer 
than  Susan.  She  gave  promise  of  superior  scholarship  ; 
Melinda  B.,  born  May  26,  1834,  died  December  19,  1858  ; 
Clarinda  T.,  born  September  19,  1835,  died  January  9, 
1858  ;  Thomas  E.,  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion, 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  15 

in  the  5th  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteers,  was  killed  in 
the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  May  11, 1864.  He  belonged 
to  the  order  of  Masons  ;  Clara  T.,  born  June  8,  1842,  is 
living  at  St.  Cloud,  Minn.;  and  Sarah  B.,  who  died 
October  16,  1867. 

7Rev.  Benjamin  Franklin  Lawrence,  son  of 
Francis,  was  born  in  Jay,  April  14,  1835.  He  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Farmington  Academy,  and  graduated 
from  Waterville  College  in  1858.  He  had  considerable 
experience  in  teaching  both  before  and  after  graduation, 
being  Principal  of  Litchfield  Liberal  Institute  and 
Corinth  Academy  in  Maine.  He  was  for  two  months  in 
the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  having  enlisted  in  the  Rhode 
Island  Second  Regiment  of  Volunteers.  The  regiment 
was  in  the  first  Bull  Run  fight  and  about  a  third  of  the 
men  were  killed  or  wounded.  He  was  then  honorably 
discharged  in  consequence  of  nervous  prostration  and 
the  pressing  need  of  his  services  at  home. 

He  graduated  from  the  Newton  Theological  Seminary 
in  1860,  and  was  married  to  Belle  S.  Church  of  Farming- 
ton,  January  16,  1862.  They  have  had  no  children. 
Their  adopted  daughter,  Mary  Belle,  is  quite  accom- 
plished both  in  music  and  painting.  In  1885  she  was 
married  to  W.  E.  Davis  by  whom  she  had  a  son,  Bercy. 
On  account  of  her  husband's  extreme  cruelty,  she 
procured  a  divorce.  November  24,  1887  she  was 
happily  married  to  E.  W.  Ladd. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Lawrence  is  a  Baptist  clergyman,  and  has 
been  settled  in  York,  Dexter,  Brunswick,  Me.,  Gfroton, 
Mass.,  Meriden,  N.  H.,  and  East  Jefferson,  Me.,  and  is 
now  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  at   South  Pueblo, 


16  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

Colo.  While  pastor  at  Brunswick  he  was  a  member  of 
the  village  Board  of  Education  three  years,  being  chair- 
man of  the  same  two  years.  He  was  Supervisor  of 
schools  one  year  while  at  Meriden.  For  the  purpose  of 
a  change  and  a  rest  about  eight  or  ten  years  ago,  he 
spent  a  year  in  the  West,  a  part  of  the  time  superintend- 
ing the  development  of  a  silver  mine.  Rev.  Mr.  Lawrence 
is  a  gentleman  of  liberal  culture,  an  eloquent  preacher, 
and  an  earnest  and  faithful  pastor. 

7Mary  F.  Lawrence,  Francis's  daughter,  was  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Portland  High  School,  and  a  teacher  in  the 
same  for  a  number  of  years,  taking  high  rank  as  a 
linguist.  She  was  married  to  Rev.  A.  K.  Gurney,  a 
missionary  to  Sibsagor  Assam,  India.  She  came  home 
from  the  mission  field  some  five  or  six  years  ago,  bring- 
ing her  two  children,  Lawrence  E.  and  Bessie  K.,  then 
five  and  two  years  of  age.  She  left  the  children  at  the 
Mission  Home,  Newton  Center,  Mass.  Before  she 
returned,  her  services  as  a  missionary  speaker  were  much 
in  demand.  She  frequently  writes  able  and  spicy 
articles  for  the  religious  newspapers. 

7Isaeel  Lawrence,  youngest  daughter  of  Francis, 
was  born  in  Jay,  August  31,  1853.  She  graduated  from 
the  High  school  of  Portland  in  1868,  and  from  the  Oswe- 
go Normal  school  in  1872.  She  occupied  the  position 
of  Critic  teacher  in  the  Oswego  school,  and  of  Primary 
principal  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.  After  going  West  she  had 
charge  of  the  Psychology  and  Practice  in  the  Normal 
school  at  Whitewater,  Wis.,  and  since  1878  she  has  held 
a  similar  position  in  the  State  Normal  school  at  St. 
Cloud,  Minnesota.     She  is  an  author  and  is  one  of   the 


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most  distinguished  teachers  in  the  country,  and  a  lady 
of  superior  culture. 

President  Thomas  J.  Gray  of  the  Normal  school  of 
St.  Cloud  speaks  of  her  as  follows  :  "Miss  Isabel  Law- 
rence, as  a  teacher  of  methods  and  educational  psycholo- 
gy, has  no  rival  in  the  West.  She  is  strong  in  all  of  her 
work.  I  can  speak  advisedly,  both  from  my  long 
acquaintance  with  her  and  from  my  knowledge  of  the 
Normal  schools  of  the  country.  In  her  scholarship 
she  shows  wide  reading,  exact  information  and  liberal 
culture.  Especially  in  the  extent  and  character  of  her 
reading,  the  true  stamp  of  a  scholar,  including  the  stand- 
ard works  in  philosophy  and  literature,  all  mark  her 
mind  as  of  no  ordinary  mould.  The  family  may  well 
be  gratified  in  her." 

6MANASSEH   LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

Rev.  Manasseh  Lawrence,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in 
Winthrop,  Me.,  October  4,  1801,  and  died  of  heart 
disease,  in  North  Paris,  Me.,  August  3,  1860,  in  his  59th 
year.  In  Zion's  Advocate,  September  28,  1860,  a  writer, 
probably  a  clergyman,  who  signs  himself  "H,"  has  the 
following  article  upon  the  life  and  labors  of  Rev. 
Manasseh  Lawrence:  "At  the  recent  session  of  the 
Oxford  Association,  the  writer  was  appointed  to  write 
an  obituary  of  Bro.  Lawrence  for  publication  in  the 
Advocate.  Although  he  would  have  preferred  that  an 
older  man  and  one  longer  acquainted  with  Bro.  L  should 
have  been  selected  for  this  work,  he  has  fulfilled  it 
according  to  his  ability,  using  such  materials  as  he 
could  collect  from  the  different  sources  within  his  reach. 


18  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

"He  was  bora  in  Winthrop,  October  4,  1801,  and  his 
parents  moved  to  Jay  in  March,  1807.  From  the  records 
of  the  Baptist  church  in  Jay,  as  communicated  by  the 
Clerk,  we  iind  that  he  was  baptized  April  18, 1824.  This 
was  in  his  23d  year,  but  he  had  for  some  years  been  the 
subject  of  serious  impressions,  and  had  passed  through 
a  period  of  much  painful  anxiety,  during  which  he 
feared  he  could  not  obtain  mercy.  He  was  married 
August  6,  1826,  to  Miss  Rebecca  Moore  of  Jay, 
by  whom  he  had  eight  children.  Seven  of  these  are 
living,  and  six  of  them  are  members  of  Baptist  churches. 
We  hope  the  little  girl  thus  excepted  will  also  be  brought 
into  the  fold  of  Christ. 

"After  a  time  Bro.  L.  began  to  feel  that  it  was  his 
duty  to  preach  the  gospel,  but  having  had  only  a  com- 
mon school  education,  he  did  not  believe  himself  quali- 
fied for  the  work.  Probably  from  the  same  cause,  he 
felt  a  great  unwillingness  to  engage  in  any  public  relig- 
ious exercise,  and  he  has  often  related  that  on  one  occa- 
sion when  he  could  not  well  avoid  praying  in  public,  he 
mentally  promised  the  Lord  that  if  he  would  assist  him 
this  time,  he  would  never  pray  in  public  again.  After 
a  time,  however,  he  yielded  to  a  sense  of  duty,  and  in 
1830  he  began  to  preach,  receiving  a  license  from  the 
church  in  Jay,  September  15th  of  that  year.  In  Millet' s 
History  of  the  Baptists  in  Maine,  we  find  him  spoken  of 
as  a  minister  whom  the  church  in  Jay  had  employed  to 
their  benefit.  He  also  preached  in  Dixfield  and  Liver- 
more. 

"In  March,  1833  he  moved  to  Sumner,  and  on  June 
26th  of  that  year  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Baptist 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  19 

church  in  that  place, — Revs.  James  Hooper,  Nathaniel 
Chase,  Nathan  Mayhew,  Ephraim  Harlow,  and  William 
Wyman  taking  part  in  the  services.  The  three  former 
of  these  have  passed  away.  By  his  connection  with  the 
church  in  Sumner,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Oxford 
Association,  where  he  has  since  been  well  known,  having 
attended  all  the  meetings  of  the  Association  since  that 
time  except  two,  viz  :  1840,  1856.  In  1844  he  undertook 
a  mission  to  the  Aroostook  region,  but  had  hardly 
reached  his  proper  field  of  labor  ere  he  was  attacked  by 
disease  and  was  obliged  to  return.  It  is  thought  by  his 
children  that  he  fulfilled  this  service  the  following  year. 
In  the  fall  of  1846  he  was  the  subject  of  severe  sickness. 
Neuralgia,  heart  disease,  and  a  general  nervous  affection 
entirely  prostrated  him.  He  was  unable  to  preach  for 
six  months,  and  he  never  fully  recovered  his  health  so 
as  to  be  able  to  walk  as  before,  but  he  became  able  to 
ride  and  preach  constantly,  and  during  the  last  summer 
of  his  life,  he  appeared  to  enjoy  better  health  than 
usual.  In  March,  1854,  he  sustained  a  severe  loss  in  the 
death  of  his  wife;  and  on  August  25th  he  married  Mrs. 
Arvilla  G.  Scholl,  who  now  survives  him. 

"He  continued  pastor  of  the  church  in  Sumner  till 
March,  1858,  after  preaching  in  the  mean  time  to  neigh- 
boring churches.  Canton  and  Harrison  thus  enjoyed 
his  labors.  These  were  much  blessed  to  the  church  in 
Canton,  and  under  them  it  received  enlargement  and 
encouragement.  The  church  in  Sumner  enjoyed  consid- 
erable prosperity  during  his  pastorate.  When  he  com- 
menced his  labors  there,  the  church  numbered  only  51 
members.     During  his  pastorate  115  were  baptized,  and 


20  LAWEENCE    MEMOBIALS. 

he  saw  the  members  increased  to  133.  As  a  number  of 
the  members  lived  in  the  western  part  of  the  town,  he 
was  accustomed  to  preach  part  of  the  time  in  tbeir 
vicinity,  and  a  short  time  before  he  resigned  the  pastorate, 
a  number  of  members  were  dismissed  to  form  the  West 
Sumner  church,  leaving  94  in  the  original  church. 

"When  Bro.  L.  left  Sumner,  he  commenced  to  preach 
at  North  Paris  and  Bryant's  Pond,  dividing  his  labors 
equally  between  them,  and  residing  at  the  former  place. 
In  both  these  places  his  labors  were  much  blessed,  and 
he  believed  that  the  providence  of  God  had  directed 
him  thither.  On  July  29,  1860  he  spent  the  Sabbath  in 
Sumner,  in  exchange  with  the  Congregational  minister, 
and  on  August  2d  he  was  called  to  preach  the  funeral 
sermon  of  Mrs.  White  to  whom  be  was  formerly  pastor. 
In  connection  with  this  service  he  gave  out  hymn  1113 
in  the  Psalmist,  commencing, 

'Ye  golden  lamps  of  heaven,  farewell ; '  and  remarked 
that  it  contained  his  views  and  feelings  with  reference  to 
the  heavenly  world,  and  that  he  should  like  to  have  it 
sung  at  his  funeral.  On  the  next  day  he  was  up  stairs 
with  his  wife,  and  left  her  to  go  to  the  barn.  He 
descended  the  stairs  quickly,  and  Mrs.  L.  hearing  a 
noise  as  if  he  had  remained  in  the  house,  descended  after 
him,  and  found  him  lying  on  the  floor  of  the  room, 
within  five  minutes  of  his  leaving  her,  quite  dead.  So 
suddenly  had  he  passed  to  that  world  where,  in  the 
language  of  the  hymn  already  referred  to  : 

'The  Father  of  eternal  light 

Will  there  his  beams  display 
Nor  shall  one  moment's  darkness  blend 

With  that  unvaried  day.' 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  21 

"The  church  in  Sumner  at  their  Conference  meeting 
on  the  day  succeeding  his  death,  passed  the  follow- 
ing resolutions  :  'Whereas,  We  have  heard  with  regret 
of  the  sudden  death  of  our  late  pastor,  Manasseh 
Lawrence,  who  spent  with  us  almost  twenty-five  of  the 
twenty-seven  years  of  his  pastoral  life ;  therefore 
Resolved,  1.  That  we  hereby  express  our  affection  and 
esteem  for  him,  as  a  Christian  minister,  and  our  grateful 
remembrance  of  his  useful  labors  among  us,  and  also 
tender  to  our  bereaved  sister  and  the  other  members  of 
the  family,  our  heartfelt  sympathy  in  their  painful 
circumstances  ;  and  express  the  hope  that  the  God  of 
all  consolation  will  grant  them  those  blessings  which  at 
the  present  time  they  specially  need.  2.  That  as  an 
expression  of  our  esteem  for  Bro.  Lawrence,  we  will 
suspend  our  usual  services  to-morrow,  and  as  many  of 
us  as  possible  will  attend  his  funeral.' 

"His  funeral  was  attended  on  Sabbath,  August  5th. 
A  very  large  congregation  was  present,  including  ten 
ministers  of  the  gospel  of  different  denominations. 

"The  Oxford  Association  met  this  year  at  North  Paris. 
A  few  days  before  his  death  Bro.  L.  had  sent  to  the 
Advocate  a  list  of  places  of  entertainments  ;  but  when 
the  delegates  met,  he  who  had  been  longer  in  the  Associ- 
ation than  any  other  minister,  was  missing.  Many  refer- 
ences were  made  to  him  during  the  meeting  of  the  AssOci- 
tion. 

"Since  the  death  of  Bro.  L.  the  writer  has  met  with 
many  ministers  who  knew  him.  The  general  impression 
respecting  him  seems  to  be,  that  he  was  a  good  man  and 
a  useful  minister.     In  preaching  he  was  able  to  arrest 


22  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

and  keep  the  attention  of  his  auditors.  In  his  early- 
years  he  suffered  much  from  spiritual  darkness,  and 
when  delivered  from  this,  he  considered  himself  espec- 
ially qualified  to  instruct  those  who  were  in  such  circum- 
stances. He  is  said  to  have  been  a  fair  exponent  of  Bap- 
tist doctrines,  and  especially  loved  to  set  forth  Christ  as 
the  foundation  of  the  hope  of  the  sinner,  who  believing 
in  Him  becomes  like  Him.  It  is  also  said  of  him  that 
he  never  forgot  a  favor  received  by  him.  Let  us  follow 
him  so  far  as  he  followed  Christ." 

Rev.  B.  F.  Lawrence  says  of  his  uncle,  Manasseh, 
"He  was  a  man  of  unusual  power  in  the  pulpit,  and  had 
he  been  trained  in  early  life  and  found  a  wider  field,  he 
would  have  doubtless  taken  a  higher  rank.  His  retentive 
memory,  which  made  him  master  of  the  Bible,  positive 
convictions,  vivid  imagination,  ready  wit,  and  com- 
manding presence  made  him  a  most  interesting  preacher. 
I  retain  a  vivid  recollection  of  a  sermon  he  preached  in 
my  father's  house  when  I  was  a  mere  boy." 

August  6,  1826  Manasseh  Lawrence  was  married  to 
Rebecca  Moore,  who  was  born  November  29,  1801,  and 
died  March  10,  1854,  aged  53  years.  In  August  1854  he 
was  married  to  Mrs.  Arvilla  Gt.  Scholl  (Briggs),  who  is 
still  living.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  eight  children  : 
Joanna  F.,  who  died  in  infancy,  Joanna  F.  2d,  Emily  A., 
Andrew  B.,  Ephraim  M.,  Etta  R.,  Cyrus  R.,  and 
Lizzie  R. 

7Joanna  F.  Lawrence,  second  daughter  of  Manasseh, 
and  born  in  Jay.  January  27,  1829,  was  married  to 
William  D.  Berry,  who  was  born  in  Paris,  Me.,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1823.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Rebel- 


LA  WHENCE    MEMOKIALS.  23 

lion,  and  was  seriously  injured,  and  hence  he  is  a 
pensioner.  Although  deprived  of  his  sight  for  many 
years,  he  is  always  cheerful  and  is  a  prosperous  farmer. 
This  family  are  Republicans  and  Baptists.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Berry  have  reason  to  be  proud  of  their  children 
and  grandchildren.  They  have  had  ten  children,  all 
born  in  West  Sumner :  Addie  S.,  Eugene  M.,  Emma 
R.,  John  E.,  Henry  H.,  Villa  S.,  Henry  H.  2d,  George 
R.,  Anna  M.,  and  Edith  E. 

Addie  S.  Berry,  born  October  21,  1851,  graduated  from 
the  Farmington  Normal  School  in  1873.  A.fter  teaching 
in  country  schools  some  time,  she  taught  in  the  city  of 
Portland  ten  years.  She  was  married  to  J.  R.  Remick. 
They  have  had  one  child,  Anna  L.,  born  in  January,  1887. 

Eugene  M.  Berry,  born  January  13,  1854,  died  March 
28,  1885.  He  was  married,  May  2,  1878,  to  Susie  A. 
Cartland,  who  was  born  April  2,  1858.  They  had  four 
children  :  Willie  E.,  born  February  7,  1879  ;  Stephen 
C,  born  October  5,  1880  ;  Jessie  W.,  born  June  6,  1882  ; 
and  Annie  F.,  born  January  28,  1884. 

Emma  R.  Berry,  born  May  31,  1855,  was  married, 
May,  1874,  to  Charles  G  Cushman,  who  was  born  July 
4,  1848.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 
They  have  had  four  children  :  Fred  E.,  born  November 
7,  1875;  Albert  S.,  born  May,  1878;  Willie  G.,  born 
September  5,  1879  ;   and  Addie  E.,  born  April  20,  1880. 

John  E.  Berry,  born  July  6,  1857,  was  married,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1883,  to  Josie  G.  Noyes,  who  died  June  18, 
1884.  He  was  married  to  his  cousin,  Izella  F.  Lawrence, 
November  23,  1887.  Henry  H.  Berry,  born  March  25, 
1859,  died  July  27,  1861.     Villa  S.  Berry,  born  January 


24  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

27,  1861,  graduated  from  Hebron  Academy  in  1883,  and 
is  now  a  teacher.  Henry  H.  Berry  2d,  born  January  28, 
1864,  is  a  machinist. 

8Gteorgb  R.  Berry,  grandson  of  Rev.  Manasseh 
Lawrence,  and  born  October  15,  1865,  fitted  for  college 
at  Hebron  Academy,  graduated  from  Colby  University 
in  1885,  and  is  how  pursuing  a  full  course  of  study  in 
the  Theological  Seminary,  Newton,  Mass.  In  boyhood 
even  he  was  a  remarkable  scholar,  and  in  college  he 
received  the  Junior  first  prize  for  scholarship,  and  the 
Senior  prize  for  excellence  in  composition.  May  he 
greatly  prosper.  Anna  M.  Berry,  born  May  27,  1867, 
and  Edith  E.  Berry,  born  October  23,  1872,  are  the  two 
youngest  children.  All  are  good  scholars,  and  nearly  all 
have  been  teachers. 

7Emily  A.  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Manasseh,  was 
born  in  Jay,  June  11,  1831.  She  has  never  married. 
She  was  a  tailoress,  and  by  energy  and  perseverance 
acquired  means  for  a  comfortable  home.  She  resides  at 
46  Cross  St.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

7  Andrew  B.  Lawrence,  son  of  Menasseh,  was  born 
in  East  Sumner,  May  16,  1833,  and  died  of  heart  dis- 
ease, in  Lawrence,  May  30,  1884,  aged  51  years.  He 
belonged  to  the  Masonic  order,  and  was  a  police  officer 
for  several  years.  February  17,  1858  he  was  married  to 
Mary  E.  Langley :  They  had  three  children  :  Alroy  A., 
born  March  29,  1862,  and  now  in  the  employ  of  the 
American  Express  Company  in  Lawrence.  He  is  a 
young  man  of  good  ability  and  worthy  of  prosperity  ; 
Agnes  May,  born  November  5,  1863,  and  now  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Jordan  &  Marsh,  Boston  ;  and  Cora  E.,  born 
September  6,  1866. 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  25 

7Dea.  Ephraim  M.  Lawrence,  son  of  Manasseh,  was 
born  in  East  Sumner,  March  27,  1837,  and  died  of  brain 
trouble,  in  Woodstock,  January  17,  1886,  aged  48.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  belonged  to  the  Masonic  order,  was 
deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  was  greatly  respected. 
In  1860  he  was  married  to  Eunice  R.  Ricker,  who  was 
born  September  6,  1835,  and  died  August  16,  1885,  aged 
nearly  50  years.  She  was  a  devoted  wife  and  mother, 
and  a  faithful  Christian.  They  had  two  children :  Izella 
F.,  born  March  27, 1861,  and  married  to  her  cousin,  John 
E.  Berry,  November  23,  1887  ;  and  Georgie  E.,  born 
November  14,  1864.  She  graduated  from  Hebron 
Academy  in  1887,  and  was  valedictorian  of  her  class. 

7Etta  R.  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Manasseh,  was  born 
June  24,  1838,  and  died  November  17,  1873,  aged  35 
years.  Her  first  husband  was  George  W.  Ricker,  who 
died  July  15,  1864,  aged  29  years.  In  1866  she  was 
married  to  William  Goldthwait.  By  this  second  mar- 
riage there  were  two  children  :  Ethel  A. ,  born  October  5, 
1870,  and  Etta  R.,  born  October  30,  1873,  the  latter  being 
adopted  by  her  aunt  Emily,  and  the  former  living  with 
her  father,  who  is  a  teacher  in  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

7Cyrus  R.  Lawrence,  son  of  Manasseh,  was  born 
September  23,  1840.  He  taught  school  in  Maine,  was  in 
the  army  from  1861  to  1864,  lived  in  Wisconsin  five 
years,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  Massachusetts  since 
1870.  He  has  completed  the  Chautauqua  course  of 
reading.  He  is  connected  with  a  provision  store  in 
Lawrence,  Mass.  In  1865  he  was  married  to  Eliza  A. 
Chase,  daughter  of  Rev.  Sibley  Chase,  a  Methodist 
clergyman.     They  have  had  two  children  :     Maud,  born 


26  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

August  29,  1868,  died  October  12,  1869  ;   and  Bertha  E., 
born  May  8,  1878. 

7Lizzie  R.  Lawrence,  youngest  daughter  of  Manas- 
seh,  was  born  March  18,  1848.  On  June  19,  1869  she 
was  married  to  Dustin  B.  Ricker,  born  June  28,  1841, 
and  son  of  Rev.  David  Ricker,  and  brother  of  George  W. 
and  Eunice  Ricker.  The  Rickers  are  all  natural  musi- 
cians. They  have  had  one  child,  Millie  L.,  born  Febru- 
ary 5,  1871.  All  of  Rev.  Manasseh  Lawrence's  children 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 

6RUFUS  LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

Rufus,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Jay,  February  19, 
1806,  and  died  of  liver  trouble,  in  Sumner,  August  24, 
1851,  aged  45  years.  September,  1827  he  was  married  to 
Charlotte  Davenport,  who  was  born  January  15,  1806, 
and  died  December  21,  1865,  aged  nearly  60  years.  They 
had  nine  children:  Jenet  D,  Martha  T.,  Mary  D., 
Silas,  Leonard,  Dudley,  an  infant  unnamed,  Leonard 
2d,  and  George  T. 

Jenet  D.,  born  July  19,  1828,  died  July  8,  1869  ;  Mary 
D.,  born  December  19,  1831,  died  in  1854  ;  Leonard, 
born  in  June,  1834,  Dudley,  born  in  1835,  and  an  infant 
unnamed,  born  in  1840,  all  died  in  infancy.  Martha  T., 
born  September  18,  1830,  was  married  to  George  T.  Pen- 
dleton, who  was  born  in  Camden,  Me. ,  June  19,  1825. 

7Silas  Lawrence,  son  of  Rufus,  is  a  farmer,  who 
was  born  in  Jay,  February  16,  1833.  He  was  married, 
October  28,  1856,  to  Lucy  A.  Davenport,  who  was  born 
in  Winthrop,  April  30,  1831.     They  have  had  two  chil- 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  27 

dren :  Izora  A.,  born  October  31,  1858,  died  June  10, 
1882 ;  and  Charles  born  in  Sumner,  November  1,  1865. 
He  is  a  farmer  and  mechanic,  and  is  a  young  man  of 
good  habits.     May  he  prosper. 

7Leonard  Lawrence  2d,  son  of  Rufus,  and  a  farmer, 
was  born  in  Sumner,  June  22,  1842,  and  was  married, 
October  16,  1864,  to  Emeline  J.  Hood,  who  was  born  in 
Turner,  November  2,  1841.  They  live  at  Turner  Center. 
They  have  had  one  child,  Walter,  born  in  Turner,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1865.  He  is  a  tin-smith,  and  is  a  worthy  young 
man.     May  prosperity  be  his. 

7George  T.  Lawrence,  son  of  Rufus,  was  born  in 
Sumner,  May  15,  1843.  He  is  a  jeweler.  Having 
worked  at  his  trade  at  Sumner  Village,  South  Paris,  and 
Norway,  he  then  established  a  business  for  himself  at 
Bethel  Hill,  Me.  He  is  an  ingenious  and  skillful  work- 
man. He  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows  Lodge  at  Bethel. 
October  8,  1865,  he  was  married  to  Joanna  P.  Field,  who 
was  born  in  Sumner,  January  12,  1844.  They  have  had 
three  children  :  Lottie  A.,  born  in  Sumner,  December 
29,  1866,  is  a  good  scholar  and  has  taught  school  several 
terms.  February  5,  1887  she  was  married  to  John  P. 
Burnell,  of  Cumberland  Mills  ;  Allie  L  ,  born  in  South 
Paris,  September  21,  1869,  is  a  machinist,  and  is  in  the 
employ  of  A.  Holt  &  Co.,  38  Beach  St.,  Boston  ;  and 
Water  F.,  born  in  Bethel  January  11,  1878.  He  will 
probably  follow  the  business  of  his  father.  Both  sons 
are  worthy  and  capable.  May  prosperity  crown  their 
efforts  in  life. 


28  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 


6JAMES  LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

James,  youngest  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Jay, 
November  20,  1807,  and  died  October  18,  1866,  of  heart 
disease.  January  6,  1834  he  was  married  to  his  cousin, 
Achsah,  daughter  of  Asa,  and  born  January  22,  1809. 
They  had  one  child,  Frances  R.,  who  was  born  Decern 
ber  12,  1838.  After  their  marriage  they  lived  in  Jay  for 
some  over  a  year,  then  moved  to  Sumner  where  they 
lived  on  a  farm  for  eighteen  years,  and  afterwards  they 
sold,  and  purchased  a  grist  mill  at  West  Sumner.  James 
had  great  mechanical  ingenuity.  After  his  death  his 
widow  and  daughter  moved  to  Wayne  Village.  They 
were  all  members  of  the  Baptist  church  at  West 
Sumner. 

5ASA  LAWRENCE  DIVISION. 

My  grandfather,  Asa  Lawrence,  son  of  James,  was 
born  in  Sandwich,  Mass.,  October  26,  1771,  and  died  of 
kidney  disease,  in  West  Sumner,  Me.,  April  9,  1851, 
aged  79  years,  5  months,  and  14  days.  He  was  a  large 
man,  and  possessed  of  extraordinary  strength  and  endur- 
ance. Mentally  he  was  well  balanced,  being  frequently 
engaged  to  give  his  judgment  as  to  the  rights  and  pecu- 
niary interests  of  his  neighbors.  He  came  into  possession 
of  his  father's  farm,  consisting  of  100  acres  and  situated 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town  of  Wayne.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Desire  Allen,  who  was  born  in  Rochester,  Mass., 
in  1767,  and  died  of  consumption,  May  1,  1835,  aged  68 
years.     They  were  both  professors  of  religion,  but  never 


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united  with    any    church.     They    had    five    children : 
Philenia  W.,  Oliver  A.,  Owen,  Achsah,  and  Rachel  A. 

6Philenia  W.  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Asa,  and  born 
in  Wayne,  July  18,  1801,  died  of  consumption,  in  Jay, 
July  25,  1829,  aged  28  years.  She  expressed  a  hope  in 
Christ.  December  26,  1824  she  was  married  to  her 
cousin,  Noah  Lawrence,  who  was  born  in  Wayne,  June 
3,  1796,  and  died  in  Lexington,  Me.,  December  21,  1852, 
aged  56  years.  They  had  one  child,  Mercy,  who  was 
born  July  12,  1826,  and  died  December  27th  of  the  same 
vear. 


6OLIVER  A.  LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

My  father,  Oliver  Allen  Lawrence,  son  of  Asa,  was 
born  in  Wayne,  July  8,  1803,  and  died  instantly  of 
apoplexy,  or  heart  disease,  at  Augusta,  Me.,  July  14, 
1881,  at  the  age  of  78  years  and  6  days.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  owned  and  cultivated  the  eastern  half  of  the 
old  homestead  farm.  When  his  children  were  old 
enough  to  assist  him,  he  purchased  other  lands,  so  that 
the  farm  contained  about  100  acres.  My  father  had  an 
iron  constitution,  inherited  much  of  his  father's  physical 
strength,  and  was  very  ingenious  in  the  use  of  tools, 
making  anything  he  chose  out  of  wood  or  iron.  His 
opportunities  for  an  education  were  limited.  He  held 
no  office  in  town  except  that  of  tax  collector  and  school 
agent. 

He  was  married  to  Jenet  Davenport,  who  was  born  in 
Winthrop,  March  10,  18(8,  and  died  March  3,  1836, 
aged  nearly  28  years.  They  had  one  child,  7John  Oliver 


30  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

Lawrence,  who  was  born  in  Wayne,  February  3,  1836, 
and  died  of  chronic  dysentery,  in  Jay,  September  11, 
1864,  at  the  age  of  28  years,  7  months,  and  8  days. 
After  his  mother  died  he  was  taken  to  Jay  and  brought 
up  by  his  uncle,  George  T.  Davenport,  until  he  was 
twelve  or  fourteen  years  of  age  when  he  returned  to 
Wayne  to  live.  He  had  a  common  school  education,  and 
taught  one  winter.  But  farming  was  his  business. 
December  7,  1863  he  enlisted  in  Co.  C,  Twenty-ninth 
Regiment,  Maine  Volunteers.  In  the  army  he  contracted 
the  disease  of  which  he  died.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church  of  Wayne.  December  29,  1863 
he  was  married  to  Mary  E.  Wright  of  Jay.  She  was 
born  March  16,  1839.  They  had  one  child,  Lizzie  E., 
born  in  Jay,  September  29,  1864.  She  is  unmarried  and 
lives  with  her  mother,  who  has  been  established  as  a  mil- 
liner atKennebunk,  Maine,  since  1870 

March,  1837  my  father  was  married  to  Lemira  Bartlett 
of  Hartford,  Me.  She  was  born  April  17,  1804,  and  died 
in  Wayne,  December  26,  1872,  aged  68  years,  8  months, 
and  9  days.  My  father  and  mother  were  members  of 
the  Baptist  church.  My  father's  third  wife  was  Mrs. 
Ann  Austin,  sister  of  Lorrin  Wing,  to  whom  he  was 
married  in  1874.     She  died  August  19,  1886. 

My  mother,  Lemira  Bartlett  Lawrence,  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  Bartlett,  who  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
Mass.,  December  6,  1777.  See  Memorials  of  the  Bartlett 
Family.  She  was  a  woman  of  good  mental  capacity,  of 
a  large  and  generous  heart,  and  universally  loved  and 
respected.  She  gave  her  life  for  her  children.  Blessed 
Mother,  may  we  be  worthy  to  join  thee  by  and  by.    This 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  31 

note  appeared  in  the  Advocate:  "In  Wayne,  Me., 
December  26  (1872)  Mrs.  Lemira  Bartlett  Lawrence,  wife 
of  Oliver  A.  Lawrence,  68  years,  8  months,  9  days,  She 
was  a  consistent  and  esteemed  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  in  W.  Though  modest,  retiring,  and  thoroughly 
domestic  in  her  nature,  she  was  known  and  respected 
for  her  sterling  qualities  of  both  head  and  heart.  She 
will  be  sadly  missed,  as  she  was,  indeed,  a  faithful  wife, 
a  kind  mother,  a  loving  sister,  and  a  sympathizing 
Christian  friend."  The  following  hymn  was  sung  at 
mother's  funeral : 

"Mother,  thou  hast  gone  before  us, 
And  thy  smiling  face  we  miss, 
But  thy  spirit  hovers  o'er  us, 
Beckoning  us  to  realms  of  bliss. 

"Thou  art  gone  who  was  so  cherished, 
Whom  we  oft  in  friendship  met ; 
But  thy  memory  has  not  perished 
And  our  hearts  cannot  forget. 

"Pleasant  were  the  ties  that  bound  us 
All  that  shared  thy  friendship  know, 
And  the  sadness  that  surrounds  us, 
Speaks  a  heavy  tale  of  woe. 

"But  we  will  not  mourn  despairing 
Thine' s  the  joy  that  angels  love  ; 
May  we  for  that  world  preparing 
Meet  thee  in  those  realms  above." 

By  his  second  wife,  Lemira  Bartlett,  my  father  had 
three  children  :     Hiram.  B.,  Horatio  B.,  and  Abbott  N. 


32  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

7Hiram  Bartlett  Lawrence,  son  of  Oliver  A.,  was 
born  in  Wayne,  Kennebec  County,  Maine,  March  8, 
1840.  His  boyhood  was  spent  on  the  farm,  and  to  this 
experience  he  largely  owes  his  good  health  and  vigorous 
constitution.  A  few  weeks  of  school  during  the  winter 
after  he  was  old  enough  to  be  of  assistance  on  the  farm 
in  the  summer,  was  all  that  he  enjoyed.  Later,  how- 
ever, having  attended  parts  of  several  terms  at  the 
Wayne  High  school  and  Towle  Academy,  Winthrop,  he 
taught  two  winters  in  Hartford,  and  one  at  Canton  Vil- 
lage. He  remembers  with  kindly  and  grateful  emotion 
the  teachers,  who  had  much  to  do  in  shaping  his  future 
course  :  Miss  Mary  L.  Lampson,  who  was  married  to 
Edward  G.  Dexter  of  Wayne  ;  George  W.  Walton  of 
Wayne,  a  most  successful  teacher  ;  A.  R  Dickinson, 
Principal  of  the  High  school  of  Wayne  ;  and  Charles 
K.  Hutchins,  Principal  of  Towle  Academy,  Winthrop, 
and  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College. 

Having  read  two  books  of  Virgil,  four  books  of  Csesar, 
four  orations  of  Cicero,  and  thirteen  pages  of  the  Anab- 
asis,  he  then  spent  one  year  at  Maine  State  Seminary, 
Lewiston,  and  entered  Bowdoin  College  in  August,  1862. 
He  was  enabled  to  do  this  through  the  kindness  of 
friends,  who  loaned  him  money. 

Graduating  August  1,  1866,  he  entered  the  law  office 
of  N.  M.  Whitmore  2d,  Esq.,  of  Gardiner,  Me.,  Sep- 
tember 12,  but  later  pursued  his  studies  with  Hon.  F.  E. 
Webb  of  Winthrop,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Kennebec 
bar,  August  11,  1868.  Mr.  Webb  was  a  graduate  of 
Bowdoin  and  a  tutor  in  the  same  for  one  year.  He  was 
favorably  mentioned  as  a  candidate  for  governor.  The 
following  letter  he  addressed  to  Mr.  Lawrence): 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  33 

"WlNTHROP,    Oct.   8,   1869. 

Friend  Lawrence, — I  have  had  the  good  or  ill  for- 
tune to  be  elected  to  the  Legislature,  and  I  have  been 
thinking  for  some  time  that  I  should  arrange  with  some 
one  so  that  I  can  be  relieved  from  so  much  office  work. 
I  can  think  of  no  one  with  whom  I  would  prefer  to  make 
this  arrangement  more  than  with  you,  besides  you  know 
most  of  our  people  in  this  section.  There  is  considerable 
law  business  to  be  done  in  this  vicinity.  I  could  do 
much  more  than  I  have  done  if  I  wished.  Now  what  do 
you  say  ?  Do  you  feel  disposed  to  come  into  my  office 
and  form  a  copartnership  on  equitable  terms?  Please 
write  me  how  this  proposition  strikes  you. 

Yours  truly, 

F.  E.  Webb." 

Soon  after  this  flattering  offer  was  made,  Mr.  Webb 
died  very  suddenly  of  heart  disease. 

At  the  graduating  exercises  of  Maine  State  Seminary 
in  1862,  Mr.  Lawrence  was  orator  of  the  Philomathean 
Society.  Subject  of  oration,  John  Quincy  Adams.  In 
1865  when  a  Junior  in  college,  he  was  selected  to  give  an 
oration  at  the  anniversary  exercises  at  Towle  Academy. 
Subject  of  oration,  The  Shame  and  Glory  of  our  Country. 
In  college  he  was  president  of  his  class  the  first  year,  and 
class  orator  at  the  graduating  exercises  in  1866.  Subject 
of  oration,  Alexander  Hamilton  as  a  Soldier  and  States- 
man. The  subject  of  his  commencement  part  was,  The 
American  Statesman. 

In  college  he  belonged  to  the  secret  society  of  Psi 
Upsilon.  April  30,  1868  he  joined  the  Ionic  Lodge  of 
Masons,  Gardiner,  Me.     While  pursuing  his  collegiate 


34  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

course,  he  taught  one  winter  in  Canton,  one  in  the  city 
of  Augusta,  and  was  Principal  of  the  Brunswick  High 
and  Grammar  schools  a  greater  part  of  the  Junior  year. 

July  25,  1862  he  was  baptized  by  Rev.  O.  B.  Cheney, 
now  President  of  Bates  College,  and  united  with  the 
Free  Baptist  church  of  Lewiston.  November  2,  1873  he 
united  with  the  Second  Congregational  church  of  Hol- 
yoke,  Mass.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath 
School  of  this  church  during  1877  and  1878,  and  teacher 
of  a  young  men's  class  for  several  years. 

The  obstacles  which  Mr.  Lawrence  had  to  overcome  in 
pursuing  his  education  were  many  and  serious.  He  paid 
for  some  of  his  school  books  by  chopping  wood  at  fifty 
cents  a  cord.  His  summer  vacations  were  spent  with 
farmers  in  securing  the  hay  crops.  At  the  end  of  the 
Sophomore  year,  there  seemed  to  be  no  hope  of  his 
completing  his  college  course. 

After  spending  in  vain  three  weeks  in  Boston  and  vicin- 
ity trying  to  find  something  to  do,  the  grateful  infor- 
mation came  to  him  that  he  had  been  elected  Principal 
of  the  Grammar  school  of  Brunswick  !  Thus  continued 
defeat  and  discouragement  gave  place  to  sunshine  and 
success,  for  with  that  position  he  was  enabled  to  join 
his  class  and  keep  up  two  studies,  making  up  the  third 
during  vacations.  When  he  graduated  in  1866,  he  was 
$2,000  in  debt.  These  were  some  of  his  discouragements, 
some  of  the  beauties  of  poverty. 

While  studying  law  at  Gardiner,  Mr.  Lawrence  was 
elected  Principal  of  the  High  school  of  that  city,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1867.  He  resigned  his  principalship,  April 
5,  1869,  and  on  the  following  year  he  was  elected  Princi- 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  35 

pal  of  Penacook  Academy,  Fisherville  (now  Penacook), 
New  Hampshire.  At  both  of  these  institutions  he  lit  ted 
young  men  and  women  for  college.  While  at  Fisherville 
he  abandoned  the  hope  of  practicing  law,  and  turned  his 
attention  wholly  to  education.  This  change  of  his  plans 
was  a  great  disappointment,  but  sickness  of  dear  friends, 
poverty,  and  the  force  of  circumstances  compelled  it. 
Mr.  Lawrence  is  a  strong  Republican,  and  a  great 
admirer  of  James  G.  Blaine. 

Since  1872  he  has  been  Principal  of  the  Appleton 
Street  School,  in  Holyoke,  Mass.  He  has  ten  assistants 
and  a  salary  of  $1,800  per  annum.  He  has  taken  an 
active  part  at  teachers'  conventions,  being  president  for 
two  years  of  the  Teachers'  Association  of  Hampden 
County.  The  following  article  appeared  in  one  of  the 
local  newspapers:  "H.  B.  Lawrence  is  the  veteran 
among  male  principals  of  the  city.  He  came  here  in 
August,  1872,  and  when  the  summer  term  of  1888  ends, 
he  will  have  served  16  straight  years  without  a  break. 
Appleton  street  school  was  the  only  fully  graded  Gram- 
mar school  in  the  city  during  the  first  years  of  Mr. 
Lawrence's  service.  It  was  a  school  that  needed  a  mas- 
ter, and  it  found  one.  'Do  you  know  whom  the  new 
Grammar  school  teacher  reminds  me  off  asked  one  of 
the  school  committee  of  another,  soon  after  the  new 
teacher's  advent.  The  second  one  at  once  named  a 
prominent  military  general.  The  generalship  of  the 
principal,  and  the  care  in  selecting  his  assistants,  has 
brought  the  school  up  to  a  pretty  nearly  model  standard. 
Hundreds  of  pupils  have  graduated  from  it  and  many 
of  them  are  occupying  positions  of  honor  and  useful- 


36  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

ness.  Mr.  Lawrence  is  a  strict  disciplinarian,  as  a 
teacher  needs  to  be  who  has  charge  of  hundreds  of 
children  of  the  frisky  transitional  age,  midway  between 
the  innocence  of  infancy  and  the  aspirations  of  young 
gentleman-and -ladyhood.  Boys  and  girls  soon  'size  up' 
a  teacher,  and  find  it  out  quickly  if  there  is  one  whom 
they  can  manage.  The  Appleton  street  boys  and  girls 
know  they  will  not  get  ahead  of  their  principal.  Teach- 
ing is  Mr.  Lawrence's  life  business,  natural  history  is  his 
hobby.  The  museum  of  curiosities  that  have  been  col- 
lected by  this  school  was  the  pioneer  of  many  others, 
and  the  school  has  won  much  prominence  and  credit  in 
this  line.  Principal  Lawrence  is  a  man  of  strong,  ath- 
letic physique,  broad  shoulders,  capable  voice,  large 
head  and  ample  brain.  He  came  from  the  'State  of 
Maine'  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin  College." 

December  29,  1875  Hiram  B.  Lawrence  was  married  to 
Mary  J.  Day,  daughter  of  Horace  R.  Day  of  Holyoke. 
She  was  born  March  2,  1852.  They  have  had  three 
children :  Ray,  born  in  Holyoke,  April  6,  1880,  died 
May  29,  1880,  at  the  age  of  1  month,  23  days  ;  Genevieve, 
born  in  Holyoke,  April  26,  1884 ;  and  Vera  B.,  born  in 
Holyoke,  Jnne  19,  1888.  Genevieve  was  christened 
Easter  Sabbath,  April  5,  1885,  by  Rev.  M.  W.  Stryker, 
pastor  of  the  Second  Congregational  church.  She  died 
of  dysentery,  at  the  Howard  House,  Niantic,  Conn., 
July  19,  1886,  at  the  age  of  2  years,  2  months,  23  days. 
Wednesday,  July  21st  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Hubbard,  now 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Auburn,  N.  Y., 
conducted  the  service  and  spoke  tender  and  beautiful 
thoughts. 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  37 

My  wife  was  a  graduate  of  the  Holyoke  High  School 
in  1870,  and  was  the  valedictorian  of  her  class.  She  was 
a  successful  teacher,  and  a  graceful  and  interesting 
writer,  being  frequently  appointed  to  give  an  address  or 
a  poem  on  public  occasions.  Much  of  my  success  in  this 
city  is  due  to  her.  As  I  pen  these  lines,  the  words  of  a 
poet  appropriately  come  to  my  mind  : 

'  'Wise,  noble,  loved,  and  loving  wife, 
These  heartfelt  songs,  a  gi  ft  I  bring 
To  thee,  whose  deeds,  thy  muses  sing 
The  poem  of  a  perfect  life." 

Those  who  have  never  lost  children  cannot  fully  realize 
the  bitter  experience  of  parents  from  whom  their  loved 
ones  have  been  taken.  We  are  both  passionately  fond 
of  children.  We  devotedly  loved  ours.  In  our  little 
Gfenevieve  our  hearts  were  wrapped  up.  A  complete 
history  of  her  every  day  life  had  been  kept.  From  that 
book  the  following  passages  are  taken  : 

"Although  we  always  got  good  pictures  of  Baby,  yet 
they  never  flattered  her — in  fact  never  looked  so  beauti- 
ful as  she  did.  She  had  clear  white  skin,  light  com- 
plexion, large,  beautiful  blue  eyes,  golden  hair,  fine  and 
curly.  When  she  smiled,  or  laughed,  she  had  a  pecu- 
liarly fascinating  expression.  She  was  a  very  handsome 
and  beautiful  baby.*  She  was  so  affectionate,  so  amiable, 
and  so  happy.  Her  perceptive  faculties  were  large.  She 
had  a  remarkable  memory.      She  understood  as  if  by 

*Our  city  photographer,  Mr.  Miles,  secured  for  us  a  life  sized  crayon  portrait  of  her. 
It  is  the  work  of  the  artist  Bailey,  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  who  sent  the  following  sentence 
to  Mr.  Miles  :  "I  am  not  given  to  compliments,  but  would  like  to  have  you  say  to  your 
customer  that  the  artist  thinks  this  subject  the  handsomest  child  he  ever  saw." 


38  LAWKENOE    MEMOBIALS. 

intuition  what  was  said  to  her.  Her  mind  was  much 
beyond  her  age." 

"This  book  was  purchased  and  these  facts  were 
recorded  to  be  given  to  Baby  when  she  should  reach 
womanhood.  But,  alas  !  she  is  gone,  and  yet  she  lives 
and  her  record  is  kept  in  the  Lamb's  Book  of  Life." 

O,  our  Darling  Baby  Genevieve,  you  are  an  angel  now 
in  Paradise.  Can  you  look  down  from  your  happy 
celestial  home  and  see  how  much  we  mourn  for  you  % 
how  much  we  miss  you  %  We  tried  to  make  yon  happy 
while  we  had  you.  We  pray  to  be  forgiven  for  all  neg- 
lect of  proper  attention  and  care.  We  tried  to  do  our 
best.  May  God  forgive  us  if  in  anything  we  failed. 
We  did  not  fully  realize  how  much  we  loved  you,  and 
how  happy  we  were  with  you  until  you  were  taken  from 
us.  You  were  always  a  good  baby.  What  joy  it  gave 
us  to  care  for  you  and  make  you  comfortable  and  happy  ! 
What  blissful  years  were  those  two  !  O,  our  precious 
little  Daughter,  you  were  the  sweetest  flower  on  earth. 
But  you  are  not  with  us  now,  and  we  are  so  sad  and 
lonely.  Our  home  has  lost  its  sunshine.  When  we 
return  home,  no  longer  do  we  see  your  bright  sunny  face 
at  the  window.  Your  clothes  are  unworn.  Your  high 
chair  and  your  rocking  chair  are  unoccupied.  Your 
books  and  playthings  are  where  you  left  them.  In  vain 
do  we  look  into  your  empty  crib  to  find  the  cherub  form 
of  our  lovely  Veva.  We  have  now  only  j^our  beautiful 
pictures  to  look  at— a  great  comfort  to  us.  But  we  shall 
never  forget  you.  While  time  and  eternity  shall  last, 
we  shall  never  cease  to  cherish  your  precious  memory, 
O,  our  Darling  Baby.     We  ought  not  to  wish  you  back. 


LAWRENCE     MEMORIALS.  39 

You  cannot  come  to  us,  but  we  can  go  to  you.  God 
grant  that  we  may  so  live  that  we  may  be  found  worthy 
at  last  to  join  you  in  that  heavenly  home  on  high." 

The  following  letter  was  received  from  our  former  and 
beloved  pastor,  Rev.  J.  L.  R.  Trask : 

"Lawrence,  Mass  ,  Aug.  30,  1886. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Lawrence, — Only  on  Saturday  last 
did  I  find  the  lovely  picture  of  your  dear  daughter,  and 
the  papers  containing  an  account  of  your  great  loss.  * 
*  *  And  what  shall  I  say  to  comfort  you  in  this  your 
second  great  bereavement  %  I  know  how  tenderly  you 
have  loved  both  of  your  children,  and  that  nothing  has 
been  left  undone  which  could  contribute  to  their  welfare. 
And  I  can  easily  see  with  what  heaviness  of  heart  you 
will  go  to  your  saddened  home  after  your  long,  grind- 
ing, and  unsatisfactory  day  of  work  in  the  school  room, 
because  this  lovely  light  no  longer  shines  for  you  on 
earth.  My  dear  friend,  you  have  had  many  a  trial  in 
life.  I  know  something  of  the  struggle  you  underwent 
to  obtain  your  education,  and  how  events  which  went 
contrary  to  your  expectation  have  annoyed  and  even 
galled  you !  And  lo,  you  are  buffeted  still !  Your 
desires  are  thwarted,  your  hopes  vanish.  You  have 
tilled  your  garden  with  excellent  care,  but  the  flowers, 
where  are  they  %  Well,  the  only  word  of  comfort  is 
that  they  bloom  elsewhere.  You  wanted  them  in  your 
own  window  to  cheer  the  gloom  of  winter  and  to  add  new 
fragrance  to  summer.  But  others  are  enjoying  their 
beauty,  and  it  may  be  that  parents  to  whom  on  earth 
was  denied  the  pleasure  of  offspring  of  their  own  are 
caring  for  yours  to-day,  enjoying  their  sweet  society,  and 


40  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

holding  them  in  tender  love  and  protection  until  their 
own  father  and  mother  come.  Be  assured  they  are 
nursed  and  tended.  The  divine  love  which  rocked  their 
cradle  here  is  Mother  to  them  where  they  are.  When 
you  look  heavenward,  you  must  fancy  that  you  can  still 
see  their  faces  and  that  their  little  dainty  hands  are 
beckoning  you  onward.  Heaven  is  richer  in  our  estimate 
in  proportion  to  the  loved  ones  we  have  there.  If 
you  had  good  reasons  for  wishing  to  go  to  Paradise,  you 
have  larger  reason  now.  Your  own  flesh  and  blood  call 
to  you  from  the  skies.  Please  regard  me  as  full  of  sym- 
pathy for  you  and  your  afflicted  wife.  May  your  garden 
still  bear  flowers. 

Your  old  and  constant  friend, 

J.  L.  R.  Trask." 

And  now  we  have  another  daughter,  8Vera  Bartlett 
Lawrence,  to  comfort  us.  May  heaven's  choicest  bless- 
ings be  hers  through  a  long  life.  July  5,  1888  Rev. 
Charles  P.  Bartlett  sent  congratulations  and  said,  "I  hope 
the  new  comer  will  prove,  in  part  at  least,  a  compensa- 
tion for  the  lamented  'Genevieve.'  Our  prayer  is  that 
she  may  be  spared  to  you,  and  become  the  light  and  joy 
of  your  home  all  the  days  of  your  life." 

My  brother,  7Horatio  Bartlett  Lawrence,  son  of 
Oliver  A.,  was  born  in  Wayne,  December  19,  1.841. 
Several  severe  sicknesses  in  early  life  unfitted  him  for 
manual  labor,  and  he  gave  himself  to  study  when  his 
health  would  allow.  He  had  the  reputation  of  being  one 
of  the  best  scholars  in  his  native  town.  He  early 
accepted  Christ  as  his  Saviour  and  was  baptized  by  Rev. 
C.  Parker,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Wayne.     He 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  41 

fitted  for  college  at  the  Wayne  High  School  and  Towle 
Academy,  Winthrop.  Entering  Bowdoin  College, 
August,  1861,  he  soon  took  a  high  stand  in  scholarship, 
and  was  given  one  of  the  highest  literary  parts  at  the 
Junior  exhibition.  While  in  college  and  since  gradua- 
tion, he  has  enjoyed  robust  health.  Graduating  in  1865, 
he  was  Principal  of  the  Gardiner  High  School  two  years. 
"He  then  pursued  a  course  of  theological  study  in  the 
Seminary,  Newton,  Mass.,  and  graduated  in  1870.  He 
however  has  exercised  the  Christian  ministry  only 
occasionally  ;  declined  a  call  to  settle  at  Fall  River, 
Mass.,  and  never  received  ordination." 

He  has  given  his  attention,  for  the  most  part,  to  educa- 
tion, having  had  charge  of  High  Schools  and  Academies 
in  Massachusetts  and  Vermont.  He  is  now  Principal  of 
Leland  and  Gray  Seminary,  Townshend,  Vt.  He  is  a 
fine  linguist,  a  thoroiigh  scholar  in  all  branches,  and  an 
apt  and  faithful  teacher.  December  1,  1874  he  was 
married  to  Adelia  M.,  daughter  of  Ethan  L.  Brown, 
West  Sutton,  Mass.  She  is  a  graduate  of  Mt.  Holyoke 
Seminary,  South  Hadley,  Mass.  They  have  had  no 
children. 

My  brother,  7Abbott  Nelson  Lawrence,  son  of 
Oliver  A.,  was  born  in  Wayne,  October  5,  1846,  and  died 
in  Wayne,  June  13,  1871,  at  the  age  of  24  years,  8 
months,  8  days.  He  was  nearly  fitted  for  college  when 
he  met  with  an  accident  by  which  he  lost  the  sight  of 
one  eye.  This  changed  his  whole  course  of  life.  He  had 
taught  school  one  winter  in  Topsham.  His  intention 
had  been  to  study  medicine  after  completing  his  college 
course.  We  dearly  loved  our  brother,  who  was  always 
so  amiable  and  genial,  and  such  a  promising  scholar. 


42  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

Soon  after  his  death  the  following  obituary  appeared 
in  one  of  the  newspapers  :  "Wayne — June  13,  Abbott 
Nelson  Lawrence,  youngest  son  of  Oliver  A.  and  Lemira 
Lawrence,  aged  24  years,  8  months,  8  days.  The 
deceased  was  for  several  terms  a  student  of  the  Edward 
Little  Institute,  Auburn,  where  he  was  fitting  for  Bow- 
doin  College.  In  May,  1866  he  lost  by  an  accident  the 
sight  of  his  right  eye.  Thus  obliged  to  lay  aside  his 
books — the  entire  reversion  of  his  future  plans  was  too 
much  for  his  ambitious  and  sensitive  nature  to  bear. 
Nervous  dyspepsia,  which,  not  being  removed  by  medical 
treatment,  invited  that  insidious  disease,  consumption, 
to  set  in  with  it  and  at  length  terminated  his  earthly 
career.  But  he  had  sought  and  found  the  Great  Physi- 
cian, so  that  death  was  no  terror  to  him  but  only  a 
joyful  surprise.  A  quick  and  promising  scholar,  an 
original  thinker,  though  eminently  practical,  an  affec- 
tionate and  dutiful  son  and  brother,  his  early  loss  is 
deeply  felt  by  his  parents  and  brothers  and  a  wide  circle 
of  other  relatives  and  friends." 


6OWEN  LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

Owen,  son  of  Asa,  was  born  in  Wayne,  November  17, 
1805,  and  died  from  the  effects  of  a  great  tumor  on  his 
neck,  February  12,  1856,  aged  50  years.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  came  into  possession  of  the  western  half  of 
his  father's  farm.  He  was  married  to  Mehitable  Sinclair, 
who  was  born  in  Lisbon,  Me.,  November  26,  1808,  and 
died  in  1886,  aged  78  years. 

They  had  three  children:  Matilda  F.,  who  was  born 


LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS.  43 

January  8, 1832.  She  was  unmarried  and  went  out  West ; 
Hannah,  who  was  married  to  a  Mr.  Lord,  a  carriage- 
maker  of  Wayne.  They  had  two  children.  Both 
Hannah  and  her  children  died  several  years  ago  ;  and 
7William  Owen  Lawrence,  born  March  3,  1849.  He 
is  unmarried  and  lives  on  the  old  homestead  in  Wayne. 
It  is  the  western  half  of  the  farm  which  our  great 
grandfather,  James  Lawrence,  occupied  and  possessed 
in  1786. 

6Achsah  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Asa,  was  born  in 
Wayne,  January  12,  1809.  She  was  a  good  scholar  and 
taught  five  terms  of  school.  She  has  always  been  active 
in  social  and  religious  meetings.  January  6,  1834  she 
was  married  to  her  cousin,  James  Lawrence,  youngest 
son  of  Joseph.  They  had  one  child,  Frances  R.,  who 
was  born  December  12,  1838.  She  is  unmarried  and 
lives  with  her  mother  in  Wayne  Village. 

6Racrel  A.  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Asa,  was  born 
in  Wayne,  May  27,  1811,  and  died  of  paralysis,  July  12, 
1885,  aged  74  years.  December  8,  1833  she  was  married 
to  Lorrin  Wing,  who  was  born  in  Wayne,  January  7, 
1809.  They  were  both  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 
They  had  five  children  :  Tillotson,  born  October  28, 
1834,  is  now  at  work  in  Hartford,  Conn.  He  has  been  a 
farmer,  a  teamster,  and  an  overseer  in  cotton  mills  in 
Lewiston,  Me  ,  and  Chicopee,  Mass.  He  has  been 
married  twice  and  had  several  children.  His  daughter, 
Lucy,  married  in  Springfield,  Mass.;  Achsah  J.,  born 
May  27,  1837,  died  August  22,  1842;  Nelson  C,  born 
July  22,  1839,  died  August  22,  1840  ;  Lucy  F.,  born 
June  6,  1844,  died  October  28,  1848;  and  Abner  K, 
born  August  31,  1850. 


44  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

Abner  N.  Wing  is  a  farmer  in  Fayette,  Me.  March  30, 
1871  he  was  married  to  Annie  M.,  born  in  1852,  and 
daughter  of  Edward  G.  Dexter  of  Wayne.  They  have 
had  five  children :  Elmer  E.,  born  June  29,  1874 ; 
Frankie  B.,  born  October  8,  1879;  Earl,  born  August 
21,  1881 ;  Ruhamah  L.,  born  September  25,  1883  ;  and 
Everett  N.,  born  March  10,  1886. 


5PETER  LAWRENCE  DIVISION, 

Peter,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Mass., 
March  29,  1782,  and  died  in  Jay,  April  7,  1871,  aged  89 
years,  9  days.  He  was  a  farmer  and  cooper.  He 
indulged  a  hope  in  Christ  early  in  life,  but  did  not  make 
a  public  profession  of  his  faith  till  December  18,  ,1853, 
when  he  was  baptized  by  Rev.  Hugh  Dempsey,  and 
joined  the  Baptist  church  in  Jay,  of  which  he  remained 
a  consistent  member  till  his  decease. 

His  first  wife  was  Melatiah  Davenport,  to  whom  he 
was  married  December  13,  1804.  She  died  in  Jay, 
January  17,  1817,  aged  nearly  37  years.  His  second 
wife  was  Eunice  Felch.  They  were  married  November 
17,  1817.  Eunice  died  of  consumption,  in  Jay,  April  6, 
1846,  aged  nearly  72  years.  His  third  wife  was  Sarah  C. 
Weld,  to  whom  he  was  married  January  29,  1847.  She 
died  in  Jay,  of  consumption,  July  31,  1879,  aged  93 
years.  By  his  first  wife  Peter  had  four  children  :  Seth  ; 
Mary  C,  who  was  born  June  30,  1811,  and  died  of 
dropsy,  June  21,  1838;  Peter,  Jr.,  who  was  born  July 
23,  1813,  and  died  of  typhus  and  lung  fever,  in  Newton, 
Mass.,  December  8,  1836  ;   and  Hannah. 


LAWRENCE    MEMOEIALS.  45 


6SETH   LAWRENCE   BRANCH. 

Seth,  son  of  Peter,  was  born  in  Jay,  August  28,  1809, 
and  died  in  Weld,  Me.,  May  17,  1882,  aged  72  years,  8 
months,  19  days.  His  early  advantages  for  an  education 
were  limited,  but  by  great  perseverance  and  self  denial 
he  succeeded  in  becoming  a  good  scholar  in  those 
branches  usually  taught  in  the  common  schools.  He 
taught  school  in  Weld,  Carthage,  Canton,  and  Sumner. 
He  expressed  a  hope  in  Christ  and  was  baptized  June  2, 
1840,  but  did  not  unite  with  the  Baptist  church  in  Jay 
until  June  18,  1843.  In  1833  Seth  and  his  father  bought 
Rev.  Manasseh  Lawrence's  farm  in  Jay,  where  they 
lived  together  until  1854  when  Seth  moved  to  Weld, 
disposing  of  his  interest  in  the  farm  in  the  course  of  two 
years. 

February  27,  1834  Seth  was  married  to  Elvira  Barrett, 
who  is  now  an  invalid  and  lives  with  her  daughter,  Rozil- 
lah. They  had  two  children  :  Isaac  Peter,  who  was  born 
May  24,  1837,  and  died  of  throat  distemper,  October 
1,  1837;  and  Rozillah. 

7Rozillah  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Seth,  was  born 
in  Jay,  March  2,  1839.  She  taught  school  five  summers, 
and,  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  united  with  the  Baptist 
church.  March  15,  1874  she  was  married  to  Rev.  Elliot 
S.  Lamb.  After  her  marriage  she  united  with  the  free 
Baptist  church.  Mrs.  Rozillah  Lamb,  who  is  probably 
the  only  surviving  member  of  the  Peter  Lawrence  family, 
lives  in  Weld,  Me.,  on  the  farm  formerly  owned  and 
occupied  by  her  father.     Her  husband  was  a  carpenter 


46  LAWRENCE    MEMORIALS. 

by  trade.  He  worked  at  this  business  summers  and 
taught  school  winters,  but  spent  much  of  his  time  labor- 
ing in  revivals  of  religion.  He  preached  in  various 
towns  until  his  health  failed  him  three  years  ago.  He 
died  June  17,  1888. 


6HANNAH  LAWRENCE  BRANCH. 

Hannah,  daughter  of  Peter,  was  born  in  Jay,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1815,  and  died  October  12,  1861,  aged  46  years. 
Hannah  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Bidde- 
ford,  where  she  woiked  several  years  in  a  cotton  factory. 
October  11,  1840  she  was  married  to  Oliver  Wright,  Jr., 
who  died  of  heart  disease,  November  17,  1845,  aged 
nearly  46  years.  They  had  two  children  :  Oliver  Wright 
3d,  who  was  born  in  Jay,  July  17,  1841,  and  Philander 
Young  Wright,  who  was  born  in  Jay,  July  21,  1845,  and 
died  in  Wilton,  July  13,  1864.  Oliver  Wright  3d 
enlisted  in  a  Massachusetts  regiment  and  was  in  active 
service  during  the  war  for  the  Union.  Coming  out  of 
the  army  without  a  wound,  he  went  West  and  was 
engaged  in  mining.  There  has  been  a  report  that  he 
was  killed.     It  is  not  known  whether  he  had  a  family. 


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Index  to  Christian  Names, 


PAGE 

Abbott, 

31,  41,  42 

Leonard, 

Abigail, 

.  11,  12 

Lizzie  E., 

Achsah, 

28,  29,  43 

Lizzie  R., 

Agnes, 

24 

Lottie, 

Alroy, 

24 

Manasseh, 

Allie, 

27 

Mary  B  , 

Andrew, 

22,  24 

Mary  C, 

Asa,           9, 

10,  12,  28, 

29,  42,  43 

Mary  D., 

Benjamin,  11 

12,  13,  14 

15,  16,  22 

Mary  F., 

Bertha, 

26 

Maud, 

Betsey, 

10,  11 

Martha, 

Betsey  R., 

13 

Matilda, 

Charles, 

27 

Melinda, 

Clara, 

14,  15 

Mercy, 

Clarinda, 

14 

Noah, 

Cora, 

24 

Oliver, 

Cyrus, 

22,  25 

Owen, 

Deborah, 

14 

Patty, 

Dudley, 

26 

Peninnah, 

Emily, 

22,  24,  25 

Peter, 

Ephraim, 

22,  25 

Peter,  Jr., 

Etta, 

22,  25 

Phebe, 

Francis, 

12,  13, 

14,  15,  16 

Philenia, 

Frances, 

28,  43 

Prentiss, 

Georgie, 

25 

Rachel, 

George, 

26,  27 

Ray, 

Genevieve, 

.     36, 

37,  38,  40 

Robert, 

Hannah, 

.     10, 

43,  44,  46 

Rozillah, 

Hiram, 

31,  32,  36 

Rufus, 

Horatio, 

31,  40 

Sally, 

Isabel, 

14,  16,  17 

Sarah  B., 

Isaac, 

45 

Sarah  M., 

Izella, 

23,  25 

Seth, 

Izora, 

27 

Silas, 

James, 

.  9,  10,  11, 

12,  28,  43 

Susan, 

Jenet, 

26 

Temperance, 

Joanna, 

22 

Thomas, 

John, 

29 

Vera, 

Joseph,  9,10, 

11,12,13,17 

26,28,43,44 

Walter, 

Joseph  Jr., 

.  9,  10 

Walter  F., 

Justis, 

10 

William, 

12,17 


29,  31,  32 


9,   10 


21,22 


10,  11 


86, 

27 
30 

22, 

26 

27 

24,25,26,45 

15 

44 

26 

14, 

16 
25 
26 
42 

14 

12, 

29 

12, 

13, 

29 

40, 

41. 

42 

29, 

42 
10 
10 

44, 

45, 

46 

44 
12 

12, 

13, 

29 
13 

2!), 

43 
36 

9, 

10 
45 

12, 

86, 

27 
12 

14, 

15 
13 

10, 

44, 

45 
26 
14 

10, 

11 

14 

86 

40 

27 
27 
43 

Index  of  Surnames 


OF  PERSONS  INTERMARRIED,   OR  CONNECTED, 
OR  OTHERWISE  MENTIONED. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Adams, 

33 

Hood, 

Allen, 

28 

Hooper, 

19 

Austin, 

30 

Holt, 

27 

Bailey, 

37 

Houston, 

13 

Barlow, 

10 

Hubbard, 

36 

Barrett, 

45 

Hutchins, 

32 

Bartlett, 

.   30,  31,  40 

Ladd, 

15 

Berry, 

.     22,  23,  24,  25 

Lamb, 

45 

Blaine, 

35 

Lampson, 

32 

Boardman,    . 

12 

Langley, 

24 

Briggs, 

22 

Leach, 

13 

Brown, 

41 

Lincoln, 

13 

Burnell, 

27 

Lord, 

43 

Cartland, 

23 

Mayhew, 

19 

Chadwick,     . 

10 

Millet, 

18 

Charles  II,    . 

9 

Miles, 

37 

Chase, 

19,  25 

Moore, 

18,  22 

Cheney, 

34 

Noyes, 

23 

Church, 

.       ..        15 

Paddock, 

10 

Cushman, 

.       ".        23 

Parker, 

13,  40 

Davis, 

15 

Pendleton, 

26 

Davenport,    . 

26,  29,  30,  44 

Remick, 

23 

Day, 

36 

Ricker, 

25,  26 

Dempsey, 

44 

Rowell, 

13 

Dexter, 

32,  44 

Scholl, 

.19,  22 

Dickenson,    . 

32 

Sinclair, 

42 

Ewers, 

10 

Stryker, 

36 

Faunce, 

12 

Trask, 

39,  40 

Felch, 

44 

Walton, 

32 

Field, 

27 

Webb, 

32,  33 

Floyd, 

12 

Weld, 

44 

Franklin, 

11 

White, 

20 

Garret, 

10 

Whitmore, 

32 

Goldthwait,  . 

25 

Wing, 

30,  43,  44 

Gurney, 

16 

Winslow, 

14 

Gray. 

17 

Wright, 

30,  46 

Hamilton, 

33 

Wyman, 

19 

Harlow, 

19 

PART   II. 


BAE1WT  MEMORIAL 


WITH    INDEXES. 


B&rllell  Hemori^I^. 


In  compiling  the  history  of  the  Bartlett  family,  I  have 
believed  that  all  who  bear  this  name,  or  have  Bartlett 
blood  in  their  veins,  will  be  interested  to  learn  all  that 
is  possible,  at  this  day,  of  their  forefathers.  This 
desire  seems  to  be  implanted  in  the  hearts  of  all  man- 
kind. Thacher  in  his  history  of  the  town  of  Plymouth 
says,  "It  has  been  the  anxious  desire  of  all  nations  in 
all  ages  of  the  world,  that  genealogies  from  their  orig- 
inal foundations  should  be  correctly  recorded  and  trans- 
mitted to  future  generations.  Posterity  love  to  trace 
back  their  progenitors  in  an  uninterrupted  line  to  the 
earliest  periods.  In  no  instance  do  we  recognize  a  people 
who  have  a  more  peculiar  interest  in  the  transactions 
of  their  ancestors  than  the  descendants  of  the  puritan 
fathers  of  New  England  ;  nor  are  the  descendants  of  any 
people  furnished  with  more  abundant  data  for  the  pur- 
pose of  tracing  the  founders  of  a  nation.  When  the 
Saxons  came  over  and  settled  in  England,  the  British 
surnames  were  emerged,  and  all  record  of  the  original 
inhabitants  by  their  surnames  vanished  from  the  page 
of  history.  But  in  our  country  the  reverse  of  this  is 
our  happy  destiny.  By  far  the  largest  proportion  of 
our  surnames  are  those  which  were  precious  to  our 
puritan  fathers,  and  ever  will  be  to  their  posterity.  The 
spreading  branches  of  the  genealogical  tree  from  the 


52  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

stock  of  the  pilgrims  will  ever  command  admiration  and 
respect,  and  it  would  be  exceedingly  gratifying  could 
we  be  able  to  delineate  the  descendants  through  their 
generations  by  family  genealogies ;  but  although  so 
early  as  1646,  the  court  ordered  that  in  each  town  a 
clerk  should  be  appointed  whose  duty  it  should  be  to 
record  all  marriages,  births,  and  deaths,  yet  no  one  was 
appointed  in  this  town  (Plymouth)  till  1679,  and  the 
records  prior  to  that  time  were  very  imperfect." 

In  tracing  back  my  maternal  ancestry  through  seven 
generations,  imperfect  town  records,  the  correction  of  the 
discrepancy  in  names  and  dates,  the  obscurity  of  past 
events,  and  the  vexatious  delays  of  correspondents,  have 
proved  a  most  arduous  task.  At  this  point  it  is  proper 
to  introduce  a  few  words  from  the  pen  of  the  venerable 
John  Howland,  former  President  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Historical  Society  :  "Unaccountable  as  it  may  appear,  it 
is  unhappily  true  that  very  few  of  those  men  who  lirst 
arrived  from  England,  and  commenced  the  settlement  of 
the  New  England  colonies  left  any  memorials  for  the 
information  of  their  descendants  respecting  the  place  of 
their  birth  or  residence  in  the  country  they  left,  or  any 
account  of  those  branches  of  their  respective  families 
which  they  left  behind."  *  *  *  "And  most  of  the 
emigrants  who  arrived  in  the  Mayflower,  and  began  the 
settlement  of  the  first  Colony,  as  well  as  those  who  came 
after,  seem  to  have  literally  obeyed  the  advice  and 
injunction  of  the  Royal  Prophet,  in  the  45th  Psalm — 
"  'Forget  also  thine  own  people  and  thy  Father's  house  ; 
instead  of  thy  Fathers  shall  be  thy  children.'  "  So  far 
as  relates  to  historical  or  family  records,  their  descen- 


BABTLETT  MEMORIALS.  53 

dants  seem  to  have  been  as  forgetful  as  their  parents  ; 
it  is  therefore  at  this  day  a  work  of  time  and  great  labor 
to  trace  the  genealogical  time  of  a  family  from  the 
Pilgrims,  even  though  their  ancestors  were  in  their  day 
men  of  renown  " 

As  we  shall  learn  in  the  following  pages,  our  American 
progenitor  was  Robert  Bartlett,  who  was  the  earliest 
settler  of  the  name  in  New  England.  He  came  in  the 
ship  Ann,  July,  1623,  and  settled  in  Plymouth,  Mass. 

The  three  Bartlett  brothers,  John,  Richard,  and 
Thomas,  came  to  America  in  1634-5,  the  two  former 
settling  at  Newbury  and  the  latter  at  Water  town. 
Their  descendants  are  very  numerous  in  New  England 
and  in  other  states  of  the  Union.  Many  of  them  have 
distinguished  themselves  as  generals,  judges,  statesmen, 
congressmen,  lawyers,  clergymen,  doctors,  college  pro- 
fessors, and  merchants. 

It  is  believed  that  Robert,  John,  Richard,  and  Thomas, 
were  born  in  England,  and  that  they  sprung  from  the 
English  Bartletts,  or  Barttelots,  whose  progenitor  was 
Adam  Barttelot,  esquire,  who  came  with  William  the 
Conqueror,  and  seated  himself  in  Sussex  County, 
England.     Adam  died  in  1100. 

But  at  present  it  is  not  known  what  relation  Robert* 
sustained  to  the  three  brothers,  John,  Richard,  and 
Thomas.     Mr.   Levi   Bartlett,  author  of  "Genealogical 


♦Since  writing  the  above,  I  have  examined,  through  the  kindness  of  Chas.  H.  Bartlett, 
Esq.,  (See  Part  III),  Bangor,  Me.,  the  genealogy  of  the  Bartlett  family  prepared  by  his 
father,  Ichabod  D.  He  says,  "John  Bartlett,  England  came  to  Beverly,  Mass.,  in  1637. 
There  was  a  Robert  Bartlett  at  Plymouth  in  1623,  and  a  Thomas  Bartlett  at  Dedham 
in  1636,  probably  both  sons  of  John.  He  brought  with  him  his  son  Richard,  and  a 
grandson  of  the  same  name.  The  Bartletts  who  came  to  this  country  were  Puritans, 
most  of  them  strict  Calvinists." 


54  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

and  Biographical  Shetches  of  the  Bartlett  Family  in 
England  and  America,"  believed  that  these  four  Bart- 
letts  sprung  from  the  same  English  stock.  It  is  hoped 
when  genealogical  investigation  has  made  greater  pro- 
gress, the  facts  will  corroborate  this  belief. 

These  were  the  generations  of  the  English  Bartletts  : 
xAdam  Barttelot,  2William,  3John,  4Richard,  5Thomas, 
6 John,  7John,  8Richard,  Mohn,  10Richard,  "Edmund 
whose  sons  were  John,  Richard,  and  Thomas.  "These 
three,  born  between  1580  and  1590,  no  doubt  came  to 
America,  John  and  Richard  locating  at  Newbury  ; 
Thomas  at  Watertown." 

These  seem  to  be  the  favorite  Christian  names  of  both 
the  Newbury  and  Plymouth  Bartletts  :  Abigail,  Dorcas, 
Margaret,  Charles,  Christopher,  Daniel,  John,  Joseph, 
Josiah,  Nathaniel,  Robert.  Hence  the  inference  that 
Robert  of  Plymouth  was  in  some  way  a  connection  of 
the  three  Bartletts  who  came  to  America  in  1634-5. 

July  4,  1888  there  was  unveiled  at  Amesbury,  Mass., 
a  statue  to  the  memory  of  Grov.  Josiah  Bartlett.  The 
Boston  Herald  said,  "The  unveiling  of  the  statue  of 
Josiah  Bartlett  at  Amesbury,  to-day,  will  be  an  event 
toward  which  many  patriotic  eyes  will  turn,  for  Bartlett 
was  one  of  the  most  active  figures  in  the  Revolution, 
and  the  first  voter  for  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
His  best  service  was  given  his  country  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, but  Amesbury  was  his  birthplace,  and  in  that 
town  very  many  of  his  descendants  now  live.  The 
family  name  can  be  traced  back  eight  centuries,  to  Adam 
Barttelot,  or  Bartlett,  who  went  over  from  France  with 
William   the  Conqueror,   and    was    in    the    battle  of 


BAETLETT  MEMORIALS.  55 

Hastings  in  1066,  and  in  the  pavements  of  an  old  stone 
church  on  the  ancestral  estate  in  Sussex,  the  Bartletts 
can  read  their  genealogy." 

"The  town  of  Amesbury  had  a  most  suitable  July  4th 
celebration,  when  there  was  unveiled  the  statue  of  Josiah 
Bartlett,  the  first  signer,  after  John  Hancock,  of  the 
Declaration  of  American  Independence.  He  was  a 
doctor,  a  chief  justice,  and  a  man  of  note,  and  he  signed 
that  immortal  document  when,  for  aught  he  knew,  it 
meant  a  hempen  noose  around  his  neck." 

Congressman  Davis  said  in  his  address  at  the  unveiling 
of  the  statue,  "The  names  of  over  70  Bartletts  who 
served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  in  the  war  of  1812 
and '  15  and  in  the  Mexican  war  are  on  the  pension  rolls 
of  the  United  States.  Doubtless  an  examination  of  the 
pension  records  will  show  a  very  large  number  of  names 
of  the  same  family  who  served  in  the  war  of  the  Rebel- 
lion. In  proof  of  the  intelligence  and  position  of  this 
family  in  England,  the  catalogues  of  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  show  the  names  of  33  Bartletts  who  gradu- 
ated at  those  universities,  and  more  than  100  Bartletts 
have  graduated  from  the  colleges  of  our  own  country, 
and  seven  of  that  name  have  been  judges  in  the  courts 
of  New  Hampshire.  Sprung  from  such  a  family,  Josian 
Bartlett  proved  himself  worthy  of  his  lineage." 

5Gov.  Josiah  Bartlett  (4Stephen,  3Richard,  2Richard, 
aRichard)  was  born  November,  1728,  and  died  May  19, 
1795.  He  was  the  first  governor  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  was  elected  to  that  offiee  in  1792  and  1793.  Gov. 
Bartlett  had  three  sons,  Levi,  Josiah,  and  Ezra,  who 
were  all  eminent  physicians.     Believing  that  all  will  be 


56  BAETLETT   MEMOEIALS. 

interested  to  know  something  more  of  the  English 
Bartletts,  I  will  quote  from  Levi  Bartlett's  History.  He 
says,  "In  April,  1873,  I  had  some  correspondence  with 
Prof.  S.  C.  Bartlett  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago, 
111.  In  a  letter  I  received  from  him,  he  writes,  'I  am 
expecting  to  leave  early  in  June  on  a  visit  for  a  year  or 
more  in  Europe  and  Asia.  While  in  England  I  shall 
visit  the  old  hive  of  the  Bartlett  family,  at  Stophatn, 
Sussex  County.'  " 

"I  wrote  him,  if  he  visited  the  family  at  Stopham,  I 
should  very  much  like  to  receive  an  account  of  his  visit 
there.  Prof.  B.  left  Boston  on  the  3d  of  June,  and 
arrived  safely  in  England.  On  the  25th  of  the  following 
August,  I  received  a  letter  from  him  mailed  in  London, 
August  11th.  From  his  letter  I  make  some  extracts  : 
'You  requested  me  to  write  you  if  I  saw  the  old  family 
in  England.  I  have  but  a  few  moments  to  give  to  it  in 
the  hurry  of  leaving  for  the  Continent.  But  I  was 
invited  down  to  Stopham,  Sussex,  and  had  a  very 
pleasant  visit  of  a  single  night.  The  present  representa- 
tive of  the  family  there  is  Col.  Walter  B.  Barttelot,  M. 
P.,  born  October,  1820.  He  has  six  children,*  by  a  former 
wife.  His  father,  George  Barttelot,  died  last  November, 
aged  eighty-four  years.'  " 

"  'The  estate  is  a  large  one,  some  7000  or  8000  acres. 
The  house  is  a  large  three- story  stone  building,  perhaps 
150  or  more  feet  long, — quite  an  establishment.  He  has 
six  or  eight  fine  horses,  and  as  many  colts  growing  up  ; 
fine  Jersey,   Sussex,  Devonshire,  and    Durham  cattle, 

♦Major  Barttelot,  who  was  recently  murdered  in  Africa  while  seeking  Stanley,  was 
the  eldest  son  of  Sir  Walter  B.  Barttelot. 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  57 

etc.  A  large  amount  of  ground  about  the  residence  is 
simply  ornamental.  The  farming  portion  is  on  a  large 
scale,  and  everything  well  kept  and  in  good  condition. 
But,  while  gaining  some  satisfaction,  I  did  not  succeed 
in  all  I  would  like.  Col.  Barttelot  is  satisfied  that  we 
come  from  some  of  the  junior  members  of  the  family  in 
former  times,  and  so  am  I.'  " 

"  'From  London  to  Pulborough  station,  by  rail,  is  two 
hours  and  fifteen  minutes.  The  distance  from  the  station 
to  Col.  B.'s  mansion  is  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile.  In 
going  from  the  station  to  his  residence,  the  river  Arun  is 
crossed  by  a  stone  bridge  built  by  the  family  in  1309, 
565  years  ago.  From  the  front  of  the  large  stone 
mansion  there  is  a  beautiful  out-look  upon  the  South 
Downs,  and  a  fine  range  of  hills  ;  beyond  them  the 
ocean.  On  two  hills  in  sight,  the  old  Romans  had  left 
marks  of  their  fortifications,  and  three  or  four  miles 
away — south-east — a  portion  of  the  estate  of  the  Earls  of 
Arundel  (Arundale)  could  be  seen.  Near  the  old  Nor- 
man church,  built  by  the  family  early  in  the  13th 
century,  is  an  English  yew  tree  planted  about  the  time 
the  church  was  erected,  which  is,  a  foot  from  the 
ground,  seven  and  a  half  feet  in  diameter ;  there  are, 
also,  several  large  and  aged  cedars  of  Lebanon.'  " 

"  'On  the  stone  floor,  along  the  aisles  of  the  church, 
are  marble  slabs  with  inlaid  figures  of  brass,  with  a  reg- 
ular succession  of  Barttelots,  inscriptions,  names  and 
dates,  from  John  Barttelot,  who  died  in  1428,  down  to 
Colonel  George  B.,  who  died  Nov.  28,  1872,  aged  84 
years,  (the  father  of  Colonel  Walter  B.).  Here  there  is 
no  mistake  or  sham,  for,  while  scores  of   families  of 


58  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

past  nobility  have  run  out  over  and  over,  or  as  Macaulejy 
has  it:  "  'Many  illustrious  houses  have  disappeared 
forever  from  history,'  "  the  Barttelot  family  have 
steadily  held  the  possession  of  the  original  grant  (with 
large  additions)  for  eight  hundred  years,  from  Adam 
Barttelot,  the  progenitor  of  the  family,  down  to  its 
present  representative  ;  and  an  accurate  pedigree  of  the 
line  has  been  kept  from  1069,  down  to  Ada  Mary,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Col.  Walter  B.,  who  celebrated 
her  twelfth  birth  day  in  August,  1874.'  " 

Mr.  Levi  Bartlett  further  says,  "In  October,  1873,  I 
forwarded  a  letter  to  Col.  B.,  containing,  in  part,  what 
I  have  copied  from  Prof.  B.'s  letter.  On  the  2d  day  of 
December,  I  received  a  long  letter  from  him,  in  answer 
to  mine  of  October.  His  letter  is  dated  'Stopham, 
Sussex  Co.,  Eng.,  November  15th,  1873.'  A  portion  of 
his  letter  1  here  copy  :  '  "I  was  very  glad  to  receive  your 
letter,  and  am  very  proud  that  my  kinsmen  in  America 
have  so  distinguished  themselves,  and  made  the  name 
so  respected  out  there.  I  can  assure  you  that  it  gives 
me  great  pleasure  to  render  what  information  I  can,  and 
it  would  give  me  greater  pleasure,  should  you  come  to 
England,  to  see  you  here,  and  show  you  what  we  have 
that  is  worth  seeing.'  " 

u  'I  was  very  glad  to  see  Prof.  Bartlett.  He  was  very 
kind  as  to  his  description  of  all  he  saw  here.  I  shall 
send  with  this  a  short  copy  of  the  pedigree  to  1428,  and 
later,  under  three  families,  or  rather  five,  viz  :  Barttelot, 
Stopham,  D'Oyler,  Lewknor,  Tregoz,  and  an  extract 
from  the  Ford  pedigree.  The  Fords  lived  at  Stopham 
before  the  Conquest,  the  old  Saxon  proprietors.     Brian, 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  59 

a  knight,  who  came  over  with  William  the  Conqueror, 
is  on  the  Battle  Abbey  roll  with  his  esquire,  Adam 
Barttelot ;  both,  of  course,  being  officers  and  gentlemen. 
Both  received  grants  of  land — Stopham,  Sussex,  being 
the  principal  grant  of  which  we  suppose,  Brian  got  tb  e 
largest  share,  and  AdamB.  a  smaller  one;  the  Saxon  Fam- 
ly  of  Fords  still  retaining  possession  of  a  large  part  of 
the  estate.  The  Fords  lived  on  this  spot  before  the  Con- 
quest, and  there  is  still  a  room,  said — with  more  or  less 
truth— to  have  been  here  before  the  Conquest.  Brian, 
the  Norman  knight,  assumed  the  name  of  Brian  de 
Stopham.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Richard  de 
Stopham.  After  several  generations  the  male  issue  of 
the  Ford  family  failed,  and  the  estate  fell  into  the  hands 
of  a  daughter  of  the  Fords.  John  de  Stopham,  as  you 
will  see  in  the  Stopham  pedigree,  married  the  heiress  of 
the  Fords,  and  got  their  share.'  " 

"  'In  the  fourteenth  century,  John  Barttelot  married 
the  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  Stophams,  and  came  into 
possession  of  the  whole  property,  the  male  line  of  the 
Stophams  having  failed.  You  will  see,  by  the  charts  of 
pedigree  which  I  send,  that  the  Barttelots  and  Stophams 
have  been  members  of  Parliament  for  the  county  from 
the  earliest  dates.  You  will  also  see  that  John  Barttelot 
had  one  of  our  crests — the  castle — given  him  by  Edward, 
the  Black  Prince,  for  taking  the  castle  of  Fontenoy,  in 
France,  in  command  of  the  Sussex  men.  I  also  send  you 
our  coat  of  arms.  The  plates  I  send  you  are  my  arms 
quartered  with  those  of  my  first  wife,  who  was  a  Mus- 
grave,  of  Cumberland  ;  also,  one  of  the  oldest  families  in 
England.     My  arms'  quarterings— 1,  Barttelot ;  2,  Stop- 


60  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

ham  ;  3,  Lewknor  ;  4,  D'Oyley  ;  5,  Tregoz  ;  6,  Camoyes  ; 
7,  Walton  ;  8,  Syheston.  I  send  you  the  pedigree  down 
to  the  time  when  the  Barttelots  married  the  heiresses  of 
the  Waltons  and  Syhestons.'  " 

At  this  point  Levi  Bartlett  adds  a  foot  note,  which  is 
as  follows  :  "The  original  coat  of  arms  of  the  Barttelot 
Family  were  three  opened  falconer's  left  hand  gloves, 
with  golden  tassels  about  the  wrist.  Crest,  a  swan  ; 
2d  crest,  a  castle,  as  already  said,  bestowed  by  Edward, 
the  Black  Prince.  In  heraldry,  there  are  what  are 
termed  'Arms  of  Alliance.'  They  are  such,  as  when  an 
heiress  marries,  her  issue  quarters  her  arms  to  show  the 
maternal  descent.  By  this  means,  the  memory  of  many 
ancient  and  noble  families,  extinct  in  male  line,  is 
preserved  and  conveyed  to  posterity,  which  is  the  prin- 
cipal reason  for  marshalling  several  coats  in  one  shield." 

Col.  Barttelot  continues  his  letter  and  says,  '  "We 
had  the  old  right  of  keeping  sivans  on  the  river,  a  right 
which  very  few  had.  The  Barttelots  have  lived  here 
ever  since  the  Conquest,  fought  at  the  battle  of  Poictiers, 
1356,  and  at  the  battle  of  Crecy,  1348,  and  subscribed 
handsomely  to  the  funds,  contributed  to  defend  England 
against  the  attack  of  the  Spanish  Armada,  in  1588.  The 
records  in  the  church  are  complete  from  John  Barttelot, 
who  was  born  early  in  1300,  down  to  the  present  date. 
There  are  some  very  curious  and  handsome  coats  of 
arms  in  the  windows,  bearing  the  family  names,  and  the 
names  of  those  with  whom  they  married ;  also,  old 
memorial  windows  of  Stopham  and  Barttelot,  the  date 
of  the  oldest  figures  1273.     If  I  can  at  any  time  give  you 


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more  information,  I  shall  be  glad  to  do  so.     With  every 
kind  wish,  I  am 

Truly  yours, 

Walter  B.  Barttelot.'  " 

Col.  Barttelot  says  in  another  letter,  "  'I  have  always 
supposed  that  my  American  relations  must  have 
descended  from  Edmund  Barttelot  of  Ernly  in  Sussex.'  " 
Again  he  says,  "I  may  here  mention,  that  upon  the 
record  of  the  pedigree  of  the  family,  that  a  Richard, 
John  and  Thomas  Barttelot,  who  lived  here,  were  born 
1580  and  1590  (sons  of  Edmund  B.),  and  there  their 
record  ends  ;  they  having  gone,  and  very  likely,  to 
America  ;  and  John  Barttelot,  living  at  Ernly,  did  get 
rid  of  his  property  there  in  1634  !  *  *  *  Our  name 
is  spelled  in  all  sorts  of  ways,  so  I  am  not  surprised  that 
it  is  differently  spelled  in  America.'  " 

Levi  Bartlett  at  this  point  remarks,  "From  the  state- 
ments made  in  Col.  Barttelot' s  letters,  I  think  there 
can  be  no  doubt  that  Richard  and  John  Bartlett  of 
Newbury,  were  sons  of  Edmund  Barttelot  of  Ernly  and 
Stopham,  and  that  they  'sold  back'  their  lands  to  the 
then  heir  of  the  Stopham  estates,  and  thereby  had  the 
pecuniary  means  to  come  to  this  country,  and  make  a 
fair  start  in  their  new  homes  ;  and  that  they  were  men 
of  ability  and  influence.  *  *  *  The  orthography  of 
the  name  has  varied  in  the  course  of  time.  In  England 
at  the  present  time  it  is  most  commonly  spelled  as  it  is 
here,  'Bartlett,'  though  Sir  Walter  of  Stopham  retains 
the  ancient  form  of  spelling  used  by  his  early  Norman 
ancestors." 

In  conclusion  Mr.  Bartlett  says,   "I  cannot  close  these 


62  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

biographical  notices  without  giving  some  extracts  des- 
criptive of  the  old  home.  Mrs.  Goddard,  of  New  York, 
a  granddaughter  of  Caleb  Bartlett,  of  Pembroke,  and 
niece  of  Hon.  Richard  Bartlett,  of  Concord,  N.  H., 
being  in  Europe  for  some  years,  superintending  the 
education  of  her  children,  had  a  natural  desire  when  in 
London,  June,  1875,  to  visit  the  old  home  of  the  family 
in  Sussex  County.  Sending  a  letter  of  introduction  to 
Sir  Walter  B.  Barttelot,  then  in  London  (Parliament 
being  in  session),  he  called  on  her  and  arranged  for  her 
visit  to  Stopham,  some  fifty  miles  south  from  London. 
She  enjoyed  the  visit  very  much,  and  wrote  to  the 
compiler  (Levi  Bartlett)  of  these  pages  a  long  and  inter- 
esting account  of  it,  from  which  I  make  a  few  extracts." 

"  'Sir  Walter  sent  a  carriage  to  the  R.  R.  station  for 
us,  and  a  quarter  of  an  hour's  drive  brought  us  to  a 
pretty  grey  stone  lodge,  and  in  sight  of  a  long,  three- 
story  stone  house,  at  the  door  of  which  stood  Lady 
Barttelot.  She  welcomed  us  kindly  and  Jed  us  into  the 
library,  a  most  comfortable  room  of  good  size,  with  two 
bay  windows,  well  lined  with  books,  etc'  " 

'•  'The  dining  room  was  hung  with  dark  paper,  and 
many  pictures — some  very  valuable  ones  ;  one  of  Charles 
the  First,  with  a  full  and  a  side  face — said  to  be  very 
good.'  " 

"Of  the  stone  church  belonging  to  the  estate,  over  six 
hundred  years  old  she  says  :  'It  is  a  most  interesting 
little  church,  filled  with  the  dependents  of  the  family, 
and  a  few  school  children.'  " 

"  'Sir  Walter  showed  us  the  brasses  in  the  floor, 
which  he  had  had  uncovered  that  we  might  see  them. 


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These  are  more  numerous  than  in  almost  any  private 
church  in  England  now,  and  exceedingly  well  preserved. 
The  stained  windows  are  pretty  ;  one  over  the  altar 
contains  the  armorial  bearings,  with  the  different 
quarterings  ;  the  opposite  side  is  modern,  and  one  on  the 
other  side  is  very  old  ;  and  two  are  memorial  windows 
to  the  father  and  first  wife  of  Sir  Walter.  The  walls  are 
set  with  tablets  of  the  different  members  of  the  family 
who  have  passed  away.'  " 

"  'While  there,  we  visited  one  or  two  cottages  ;  the 
farm,  yard,  chickens,  calves,  etc.  Sir  Walter  has 
twenty-six  horses,  consisting  of  hunters,  coach,  light 
carriage,  saddle  and  farm  horses  ;  about  one  hundred 
head  of  cattle,  of  different  breeds  ;  many  sheep,  and  so 
on  ;  all  in  the  nicest  order  The  stables  were  well  aired 
and  well  kept  in  every  way.  After  a  most  interesting 
visit  to  these  animals,  including  some  very  fine  pigs,  we 
stopped  at  the  house  for  tea,  and  then  went  for  a  longer 
walk  about  the  place  ;  to  visit  the  hunters  at  some 
distance  from  the  house  ;  the  cows  still  farther  off ;  a 
second  settlement  of  calves  ;  and,  lastly,  the  pheasant 
copse,  where  there  are  many  hundreds  of  pheasants.'  " 

"'The  land  about,  as  far  as  one  can  see,  is  all  Sir 
Walter's,  and  also  for  a  long  distance  by  rail.  It  is  a 
very  interesting  country  and  the  views  are  lovely.  The 
large  old  trees  ;  the  river  Arun  coursing  through  the 
estate ;  and  the  old  stone  bridge  that  spans  the  river, 
built  by  the  family  five  hundred  years  ago  ;  the  neatly 
trimmed  hedges,  and  lovely  lawns  ; — all  combine  to 
make  a  charming  picture.'  " 


64  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

The  following  is  a  letter  from  Lady  Barttelot  : 

"  «  June  9,  1875. 

Mr.  Bartlett,  Dear  Sir  : — You  take  such  a  kind 
interest  in  the  'old  family  at  home'  that  you  will,  I 
am  sure,  learn  with  pleasure  that  the  Queen  has  been 
pleased  to  confer  the  dignity  of  a  Baronet  on  my 
husband.  This  is,  of  course  a  very  gratifying  event,  as 
a  recognition  of  the  good  service  he  has  done  his  county 
and  country,  in  Parliament,  and  in  various  other  ways, 
for  he  is  a  very  hard  working  man,  and  never  lets  his 
own  pleasure  interfere  with  anything  he  thinks  his  duty. 
The  kind  letters  of  congratulations  which  have  poured 
in  upon  him  so  occupy  his  time,  that  he  has  requested 
me  to  inform  you  of  the  interesting  event.  *  *  * 
Yours  sincerely, 

Margaret  Barttelot.'  " 

THE  BARTLETT  ARMS. 

Mr.  Bartlett  says  on  page  99  of  his  history  that  letters 
from  Sir  Walter  Barttelot  enable  him  to  give  a  fuller 
description  of  the  family  arms.  "The  original  arms  of 
the  family  in  England  were :  Sable ;  three  sinister 
falconer's  gloves,  argent,  arranged  triangularly,  two 
above,  one  below,  pendant  ;  bands  around  the  wrist, 
and  tassels,  golden.  These  were  the  arms  for  some 
centuries.  Near  the  close  of  the  15th  century,  one  of 
the  crests,  the  castle,  was  granted  to  John  Barttelot, 
who,  in  command  of  the  Sussex  troops,  captured  the 
castle  of  Fontenoy  in  France.  In  the  16th  century,  the 
swan  crest  was  introduced,  to  commemorate  the  right  of 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  65 

the  family  to  keep  swans  upon  the  river  Arun,  a  right 
granted  by  William  the  Conqueror.  The  family  in 
England  have  now  eleven  quarterings  upon  the  original 
shield,  representing  the  arms  of  families  whose  heiresses, 
the  male  issue  having  become  extinct,  have  married 
successive  heirs  of  the  Barttelot  estates.  All  these 
coats  quarterly,  and  crests,  were  confirmed  and  granted 
under  the  hand  and  seal  of  William  Segar,  Garter  King 
of  Arms,  Oct.  27, 1616,  14th  year  of  King  James.  These 
arms  were  borne  by  Col.  Walter  until  June  1,  1875, 
when  he  was  created  a  Baronet,  and  his  arms,  with  three 
more  quarterings  for  Smith,  Musgrave,  and  Boldero, 
are  now  as  represented."  A  picture  of  the  coat  of  arms 
is  given  in  Mr.  Bartlett's  history. 

Since  I  have  quoted  so  fully  from  Mr.  Bartlett's 
history,  I  desire  to  speak  briefly  of  him.  Levi  Bartlett, 
author  of  the  "Sketches  of  the  Bartlett  Family,"  was 
born  in  Warner,  N.  H.,  April  29,  1793,  and  died  October 
29, 1885,  aged  92  years,  6  months.  This  was  his  lineage  : 
7Levi,  6Joseph,  5Simeon,  4Stephen,  3Richard,  2Richard, 
1Richard.  It  will  be  seen  that  he  sprung  from  the  same 
ancestry,  although  three  generations  later,  as  Gov. 
Bartlett,  Levi's  great  grandfather,  Stephen,  being  the 
governor's  father.  This  fact  will  give  a  clue  to  the 
proper  appreciation  of  the  nobility  of  his  character. 
Mr.  Bartlett  "at  the  age  of  twenty -one,  engaged  in  the 
tanning  business,  (in  Warner)  which  he  carried  on  quite 
extensively  till  1838,  when  he  sold  the  tannery,  and 
engaged  in  farming,  his  favorite  pursuit.  For  the  past 
thirty  years  he  has  been  a  regular  correspondent  of 
various  agricultural  papers."     Mr.  Bartlett  was  over  75 


66  BARTLETT   MEMOEIALS. 

years  of  age  when  lie  commenced  writing  his  history, 
which  he  published  in  1876.  His  mental  and  physical 
faculties  were  well  preserved  until  the  very  last,  his 
memory  being  wonderfully  tenacious.  To  his  worthy 
son,  William  K.  Bartlett,  born  July  21,  1816,  and  a 
resident  of  Warner,  I  am  indebted  for  the  loan  of  a  copy 
of  the  history,  the  present  of  his  father's  portrait,  and 
pictures  of  the  Bartlett  Coat  of  Arms. 

It  is  proper  also  to  state  that  Albert  L.  Bartlett,  Supt. 
of  the  schools  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  has  materially 
assisted  me  by  the  loan  of  books,  and  valuable  papers 
and  manuscripts.  He  also  sent  me  the  portrait  of  Sir 
Walter  B.  Barttelot.  Supt.  Bartlett  is  of  the  twentieth 
generation  from  Adam  Barttelot,  1100,  788  years  ago. 

We  are  now  prepared  to  take  up  the  history  of 
Robert  Bartlett,  our  American  progenitor,  1603,  and 
trace  his  descendants  down  to  the  present  time. 

The  following  abstract  indicates  the  direct  line  of  our 
ancestry,  and  will  serve  to  make  clearer  the  history  that 
follows  : 


Robert    Bartlett, 

born 

in 

England, 

1603. 

2Benjamin        " 

t< 

n 

Plymouth, 

1638. 

3Ebenezer         " 

<< 

a 

Duxbury, 

4Ebenezer,  Jr." 

a 

a 

u 

1694. 

5Nathaniel       " 

u 

(i 

it 

1723. 

6  John 

(( 

(< 

a 

1752. 

CHILDREN   OF   JOHN   BARTLETT. 

Nathaniel  Bartlett,  born    in    Pembroke,     1777. 
'Margaret        "  "        "  "  1779. 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  67 

rBetsey  Bartlett,  born  in    Pembroke,    1782. 

rJohn  "  "  "  "  1784. 

7Ira  "  "  "  "  1787. 

7Daniel  "  "  "  "  1789. 

7Joseph  "  «'•  "  "  1791. 

7Polly  "  u  "  Hartford,  Me.  1794. 

Our  forefather  was  Robert  Bartlett,  the  earliest 
settler  of  the  name  in  New  England.  Winsor  says  he 
was  born  in  England  in  1603.  He  came  to  Plymouth  in 
the  ship  "Ann,"  July,  1623.  It  was  customary  for  the 
Plymouth  Colony  to  grant  land  to  the  new  settlers  for  a 
house  lot  and  a  garden.  Ninety-five  acres  were  granted 
to  those  who  came  in  the  Ann.  Robert  Bartlett  received 
one  acre.  (See  "Ancient  Landmarks  of  Plymouth," 
page  52,  by  Wm.  T.  Davis).  In  1628  he  was  married  to 
Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Warren,  a  Mayflower 
pilgrim.  He  died  in  1676,  aged  73,  and  his  wife  survived 
a  few  years.  They  had  eight  children,  two  sons  and  six 
daughters  :  Benjamin,  born  1638  ;  Joseph,  born  1639  ; 
Mary,  who  was  married  to  Richard  Foster,  September 
10,  1651,  and  to  Jonathan  Morey,  July  8,  1659  ;  Rebecca, 
who  was  married  to  William  Harlow,  December  20, 
1649  ;  Sarah,  who  was  married  to  Samuel  Rider  of  Yar- 
mouth, December  23,  1656  ;  Elizabeth,  who  was  married 
to  Anthony  Sprague  of  Hingham,  December  20,  1661, 
and  died  February  7,  1712 ;  Mercy,  born  March  10, 
1650,  was  married  to  John  Ivey  of  Boston,  December  25, 
1668  ;  and  Lydia,  born  June  8,  1647,  was  married  to 
James  Barnaby,  and  to  John  Nelson  of  Middleboro'. 
Now,  before  considering  Benjamin's  history,  we  will 
speak  briefly  of  Joseph  and  some  of  his  descendants, 


68  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

and  we  cannot  do  this  better  than  by  introducing  the 
letter  of  Dr.  T.  B.  Drew,  a  descendant  of  Robert 
Bartlett : 

''Pilgrim  Hall,  Plymouth,  June  14,  1888. 

Mr.  H.  B.  Lawrence,  Dear  Sir  : — A  few  years  ago 
while  Mr.  Levi  Bartlett  was  writing  his  account  of  his 
family,  I  corresponded  with  him  and  he  called  on  me 
here  at  Plymouth  and  talked  the  matter  over  in  regard 
to  the  probable  connection  between  the  Newbury  and 
New  Hampshire  Bartletts  and  Robert  of  Plymouth. 
He  thought  that  all  of  the  name  came  from  one  English 
source,  and  that  the  name  of  Barttelot  of  the  time  of 
William  the  Conqueror  was  the  same  as  that  of  Bartlett 
of  the  present  day.  The  orthography  of  many  names 
has  changed  more  than  that  in  even  two  hundred  years, 
as  for  instance,  Dotey  and  Doten,  Polen  and  Paulding, 
Besbeech,  Besbidge,  and  Bisbee  are  the  same  family 
names.  Winsor  in  his  history  of  Duxbury  states  that 
the  Bartletts  of  Newbury  are  a  distinct  family  from 
Robert's  of  Plymouth,  meaning  probably  that  they 
descended  from  different  ancestors,  who  emigrated  to 
New  England,  and  not  pretending  to  know  but  that  they 
might  have  been  connected  in  some  way  in  the  old 
country.  All  the  Bartletts  in  the  Old  Colony  whom  I 
know  anything  about,  descended  from  Robert  Bartlett, 
who  arrived  in  the  Ann,  1623.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Richard  Warren  and   Elizabeth  his  wife. 

"Their  eldest  son,  Benjamin,  settled  in  Duxbury  and 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Love  Brewster,  so  that  most 
of  the  Bartletts  of  Duxbury  and  Kingston  until  the 
present  time  descended  from  him. 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  69 

"Joseph,  the  younger  son,  settled  in  Pond's  Parish, 
Plymouth,  now  known  as  Manomet  Ponds,  or  South 
Plymouth.  It  is  a  pleasant  farming  village  about  seven 
or  eight  miles  from  the  town  proper,  and  for  the  past 
thirty  years  has  been  a  summer  resort  of  considerable 
note,  as  it  is  situated  directly  on  the  sea-shore.  There 
successive  generations  of  the  descendants  of  Joseph 
have  lived  and  died,  besides  many  of  the  family  who 
have  emigrated  from  time  to  time  to  other  parts  of  the 
country  and  world.  Some  of  the  descendants  of  Benja- 
min have  also  lived  in  Plymouth.  The  family  as  a 
whole  has  always  been  very  respectable,  and  although  I 
think  of  but  few  who  have  risen  to  eminence,  yet  many 
have  proved  to  be  good  worthy  citizens  such  as  any 
community  would  desire  to  have. 

"6Dr.  Zacheus  Bartlett  (5Zacheus,  4  Joseph,  8 Joseph, 
2Joseph,  1Kobert)  was  born  in  1765,  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  1789,  and  was  a  practicing  physician 
in  Plymouth  many  years,  dying  in  1835.  His  son 
Sydney  now  (1888)  the  oldest  member  of  the  Suffolk 
County  Bar,  aged  about  ninety  years,  graduated  at 
Harvard,  1818,  another  son,  George,  graduated  in  1827. 
A  daughter,  Margaret,  still  living  in  Plymouth,  married 
Dr.  Winslow  Warren,  who  graduated  at  Harvard  in 
1813.     He  died  in  1870. 

"Dr.  Isaac  Bartlett,  a  brother  of  Dr.  Zacheus,  was  a 
physician  for  a'  time  in  Kingston,  where  he  died  in  1816, 
aged  46  years.  His  son,  Erastus  H.,  was  also  a  physician 
and  died  in  1846. 

"Joseph  Bartlett,  who  graduated  at  Harvard,  1782, 
was  born  in  Plymouth,   1761,  and  has  been  styled  an 


70  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

adventurer.  He  studied  law  in  Salem,  and  some  time 
after  visited  England.  Once  while  attending  the  theater 
in  London,  he  witnessed  a  play  wherein  the  former 
occupations  of  some  American  officers  were  much  ridi- 
culed. The  British  army  was  represented  in  gorgeous 
array  while  the  Americans  appeared  on  the  stage  with 
implements  of  their  respective  .trades,  representing 
barbers,  tailors,  tinkers,  etc.  Bartlett,  who  was  some- 
what under  the  influence  of  liquor  at  the  time,  soon 
became  wrought  up  to  a  high  pitch  to  see  his  countrymen 
so  burlesqued,  and  amid  the  applause  which  was  repeat- 
edly given,  arose  in  his  seat  and  exclaimed,  'Hurrah  for 
his  Majesty,  King  George  the  Third,  whipped  by  bar- 
bers, tailors,  and  tinkers.'  This  created  a  great  sensa- 
tion, and  it  was  doubtful  for  a  moment  what  effect 
would  be  produced,  but  the  scale  soon  turned  in  his 
favor,  and  he  was  applauded  for  his  daring  spirit  in 
making  such  a  speech.  A  poem  of  his  entitled  'Physi- 
ognomy', which  he  delivered  at  Cambridge  in  1799,  was 
published  in  Boston,  1823,  accompanied  by  a  number  of 
aphorisms,  and  dedicated  to  John  Quincy  Adams.  He 
resided  in  Maine  after  1820,  and  at  one  time  represented 
the  State  in  the  Legislature.  Being  greatly  addicted  to 
the  use  of  liquor,  'Lawyer  Joe',  as  he  was  termed  by  his 
acquaintances,  led  a  strange  life  and  finally  died  in 
Boston  in  1827. 

"William  L.  Ashmead  Bartlett  of  England,  who  mar- 
ried in  1881  the  Baroness  Burdett  Coutts,  was  the  son  of 
Ellis  Bartlett,  who  was  born  in  South  Plymouth,  1817. 
The  grandfather  was  also  named  Ellis,  and  he  descended 
from  5John,  4Nathaniel,  3Benjamin,  2 Joseph,  Robert. 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  71 

"John  Bartlett  of  Cambridge,  author  of  'Familiar 
Quotations',  was  born  in  Plymouth,  1820,  and  came 
from7 William,  °Joseph,  5Samuel,  4Samuel,  3Samuel,  ben- 
jamin, 1Robert.  He  is  now  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of 
Little,  Brown,  &  Co.,  publishers,  Boston. 

"Abner  Bartlett,  who  graduated  at  Harvard,  1799, 
descended  from  6Abner,  5Sylvanus,  4Joseph,  3Joseph, 
2Joseph.  iRobert.  He  was  born  in  Plymouth,  1776,  but 
lived  in  Medford,  Mass.  His  daughter,  Lucretia,  was 
the  first  wife  of  Rev.  George  W.  Briggs,  D.  D.,  now  of 
Cambridge,  Mass.     She  died  in  1847. 

"Joseph  Bartlett,  who  came  from  Duxbury  to  King- 
ston, about  1750,  was  the  ancestor  of  all  the  Bartletts 
who  have  been  living  in  Kingston  the  past  thirty  years. 
He  was  of  3Ichabod,  3Benjamin,  Robert,  and  married 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Dea.  John  Wadsworth  of  Dux- 
bury,  1729.  His  grandson,  Dea.  Lysander  Bartlett,  was 
a  ship-builder  in  Kingston  many  years,  and  died,  1858, 
aged  81  years.  His  son  of  the  same  name  is  still  Mving 
in  Kingston,  aged  83  years,  and  like  his  father  was  a 
well  known  ship-builder. 

"Joseph,  brother  of  Dea.  Lysander  Bartlett,  died  in 
Kingston,  1851,  in  his  82d  year.  He  was  father  of 
David  B.,  a  well  known  house-builder,  who  moved  from 
Kingston  to  Neponset  not  long  before  1850,  where  he 
died,  1866;  Cornelius  A.,  who  had  an  extensive  knowl- 
edge of  the  early  history  of  his  town ;  and  Walter  S. 
The  daughters  were,  Betsey  B,,  who  married  Anthony 
G.  Glynn,  and  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  1830  ;  Nancy 
who  married  Nathaniel  D.  Drew;  and  Lucy  F.,  a  well 
known  school  teacher  in  Kingston  forty  years  ago,  who 
married  Peter  Trott  of  Boston. 


72  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

"Uriah  Bartlett,  who  was  born  in  Kingston,  1789, 
lived  until  past  the  age  of  ninety.  He  was  another 
grandson  of  the  first  Joseph  of  Kingston,  and  was  the 
father  of  Dr.  Frederic  W.  Bartlett,  now  of  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.;  Ichabod,  who  died  in  California  a  few  years  ago, 
much  lamented  ;  and  Robert  B.,  an  early  friend  of  mine, 
now  living  in  San  Francisco. 

"My  descent  from  the  Bartletts  is  as  follows:  My 
great  grandfather,  Maj.  Seth  Drew,  an  officer  in  the 
Revolutionary  army,  was  son  of  Cornelius  and  Sarah 
(Bartlett)  Drew.  She  was  daughter  of  Ichabod  Bartlett 
(the  son  of  Benjamin,  the  son  of  Robert)  and  was  a  half 
sister  of  the  first  Joseph  of  Kingston. 

"4Samuel  Bartlett,  born  1696,  (3Joseph,  2  Joseph, 
1Robert),  who  was  town  clerk  of  Plymouth  from  1742  to 
1765,  was  father  of  Elizabeth,  who  married  Gen.  Peleg 
Wads  worth  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  their  daughter, 
Zilpha,  was  mother  of  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow. 

"One  of  the  earliest  grave  stones  in  the  ancient  burial 
hill  here  in  town  is  to  the  memory  of  Joseph  Bartlett, 
son  of  Joseph,  son  of  1  Robert.  The  inscription  on  the 
stone  is  as  follows  :  'Here  lies  the  body  of  Joseph 
Bartlett,  who  departed  this  life  April  the  9th,  1703,  in 
the  38th  year  of  his  age.' 

'Thousands  of  years  after  blest  Abel's  fall, 
'Twas  said  of  him,  being  dead  he  speaketh  yet ; 
From  silent  grave  methinks  I  hear  a  call, 
Pray,  fellow  mortals  don't  your  death  forget ; 
You  that  your  eyes  cast  on  this  grave, 
Know  you  a  dying  time  must  have,' 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  73 

"^Joseph,  who  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  church  of 
Plymouth,  1745,  was  probably  son  of  3Joseph  (2 Joseph, 
Robert). 

"I  find  nothing  in  the  records  to  establish  the  state- 
ment made  by  your  Kingston  correspondent  that  portions 
of  land  were  given  by  the  Warrens  to  the  husbands  of 
the  daughters  before  marriage.  Richard  Warren,  the 
pilgrim,  died  in  a  few  years  after  his  arrival  in  the 
country,  but  his  widow,  Elizabeth  Warren,  gave  from 
time  to  time  lands  to  her  daughters'  husbands.  The 
following  extract  from  the  early  records  will  show 
all  I  know  regarding  the  gift  of  lands  from  Mrs. 
Warren— I  mean  this  is  a  sample  of  several  similar 
records :  'Memorand  The  seavnth  Day  of  ffebruary 
1637  That  Mrs  Elizabeth  Warren  of  the  Eele  river 
Widdow  for  and  in  consideracon  of  a  Marriage  already 
solempnized  betwixt  John  Cooke  the  yeonger  of  the 
Rockey  Noocke  and  Sarah  her  daughter  doth  acknowl- 
edge that  shee  hath  given  granted  enforffed  and 
confirmed  unto  the  said  John  Cooke  one  lot  of  land 
lying  at  the  Eele  River  containeing  eighteene  acrees  or 
thereabouts  and  lying  on  the  north  side  of  Robert 
Bartletts  lot  formly  also  given  said  Robert  in  Marriage 
wth  Mary  another  of  the  sd  Mrs  Warrens  daughters  wch 
said  lott  is  to  begin  at  the  heigh  way  and  so  to  goe  in 
lengh  e  breadth  wth  the  said  Roberts  lott  together 
wth  a  heighway  from  the  said  lott  to  the  water  side  if  it 
be  demanded  or  requested  To  have  and  to  hold  the  said 
lott  of  land  wth  all  e  singuler  the  apprtences  thereunto 
belonging  unto  the  said  John  Cooke  his  heirs  and 
assignes  forever  to  the  onely  hher  use  and  behoofe  of  the 
said  John  Cooke  his  heires  e  assignes  for  ever.' 


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"These  lands  that  were  owned  by  the  early  Warrens, 
still  bear  the  name  of  'Warren's  Farm.'  The  Clifford 
House  at  the  head  of  Plymouth  Beach  is  on  a  portion 
of  said  farm,  and  it  is  a  delightful  summer  resort. 

"Although  the  locality  of  many  of  the  first  homes  of 
the  pilgrims  can  be  traced,  and  the  first  burial  place  also 
known,  yet  no  particular  grave  can  be  designated,  and 
the  thought  of  this  brings  the  words  of  Dr.  O.  W. 
Holmes  to  mind : 

'The  weary  pilgrim  slumbers 

His  resting  place  unknown  ; 

His  hands  were  crossed,  his  lids  were  closed, 

The  dust  was  o'er  him  strown  ; 

The  drifting  soil,  the  mouldering  leaf, 

Along  the  sod  were  blown  ; 

His  mound  has  melted  into  earth, 

His  memory  lives  alone.' 


'Yea,  when  the  frowning  bulwarks 

That  guard  this  holy  strand 

Have  sunk  beneath  the  trampling  surge 

In  beds  of  sparkling  sand, 

While  in  the  waste  of  ocean 

One  hoary  rock  shall  stand, 

Be  this  its  latest  legend, — 

Here  was  the  Pilgrims'  land  ! ' 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

Thomas  Bradford  Drew." 


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Rev.  Edwin  M.  Bartlett  ("Malachi,  5Josiah,  4Robert, 
3Robert,  2Joseph,  Robert)  is  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist 
church,  Holyoke,  Mass.     For  his  history  see  part  III. 

2Benjamin  Bartlett,  son  of  Robert,  was  born  in 
Plymouth  in  1638,  and  settled  in  Duxbury,  where  he 
was  one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens.  He  was  chosen 
constable  for  1662.  "This  was  an  office  of  high  trust 
and  responsibility,  and  none  were  elected  to  it,  but  men 
of  good  standing."  In  1666-7  Christopher  Wadsworth, 
Josiah  Standish,  and  Benjamin  Bartlett  were  selectmen. 
We  find  that  Benjamin  Bartlett  was  on  the  board  of 
Selectmen  eighteen  years,  being  chairman  of  the  same 
in  1690-91.  He  was  representative  to  the  General  Court 
in  1685.  He  was  married,  1656,  to  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Love  Brewster.  In  1678  he  had  a  second  wife,  Cecilia, 
who  died  about  1691.  He  died  also  in  1691,  leaving  a 
farm  valued  at  140  pounds,  and  other  property  amounting 
to  250  pounds.  His  will  gives  his  Indian  servants,  Robin 
and  wife,  20  shillings  apiece.  He  had  six  children : 
Benjamin,  Jr. ;  Samuel ;  Ichabod  ;  Ebenezer  ;  Rebecca, 
who  was  married  to  William  Bradford,  1679  ;  and  Sarah, 
who  was  married  to  Robert  Bartlett,  1687. 

3Ebenezer  Bartlett,  son  of  Benjamin,  was  born  in 
Duxbury,  and  died  probably  before  1712.  He  inherited 
land  at  Little  Compton.  He  was  married  to  Hannah 
,  and  had  one  child,  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  1694. 

4Ebenezer  Bartlett,  son  of  Ebenezer,  was  born  in 
Duxbury,  1694,  and  died  in  1781,  aged  87  years.  We 
find  Mr.  Bartlett  spoken  of  in  the  town  records  as  a 
reliable  gentleman.  At  a  town  meeting,  October  21,  1768, 
he  and  others  were  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  a 


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draught  and  to  give  their  reasons  why  the  town  would 
not  accept  the  obnoxious  Stamp  Act.  October  8, 1720  (?) 
he  was  married  to  Jerusha  Sampson,  who  died  January 
2,  1778,  aged  73  years.  Their  children  were  Nathaniel, 
1723,  Jerusha,  and  perhaps  Lydia.  Jerusha,  born  Janu- 
ary 9,  1732,  was  married  to  James  Robinson,  and  their 
daughter,  Jerusha  Bartlett,  was  married  to  Wait 
Wadsworth,  1774.  Lydia  was  married  to  Lemuel 
Delano,  1741. 

Nathaniel  Bartlett,  son  of  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  was 
born  in  Duxbury,  January  31,  1723,  and  died  in  Friend- 
ship, Me.,  about  1802.  He  was  married  to  Zenobe, 
daughter  of  Christopher  Wadsworth  (1685),  June  10, 1742. 
She  was  born  in  Duxbury,  April  24,  1723,  and  died 
in  Hartford,  Me.,  about  1812.  She  was  a  small  sized 
woman,  but  "smart  as  steel."  She  is  said  to  have 
journeyed  twice  from  Massachusetts  to  Hartford,  Me., 
to  visit  her  son,  John,  once  on  horse  back,  and  once  on 
foot  after  she  was  over  80  years  of  age.  Since  our  great- 
great  grandmother,  Zenobe,  was  the  great  granddaughter 
of  Christopher  Wadsworth,  the  pioneer  of  the  family, 
and  the  second  cousin  of  Gen.  Peleg  Wadsworth,  who 
was  the  grandfather  of  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow, 
the  poet,  we  propose  in  this  connection  to  show  some- 
thing of  the  standing  of  the  Wadsworth  family.  The 
following  diagram  will  make  clearer  the  relationship  of 
the  above  families : 


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77 


CHRISTOPHER  WADSWORTH, 

Born  in  England. 


Dea. 

Dea.  John,  1638. 

!                           1 

John,  1671.            Christopher,  1685. 

Dea.  Peleg,  1715.                       Zenobe,  1723. 

..--''      Married  Nathaniel 
..."  "                Bartlett,  1723. 

Gen.  Peleg,  1748,  m.  Elizabeth,  1753. 

Daughter  of  Sam'l  Bartlett  of  Plymouth. 


Zilpah,  1778,  in.  Stephen  Longfellow,  1776. 


Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  1807. 


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Winsor  says  the  family  of  Wadsworths  is  a  York- 
shire family,  and  of  some  antiquity.  In  Burke's 
Heraldry  the  Wadsworth  Coat  of  Arms  is  given  as 
follows  :  "Gules  three  fleurs  de  lis  stalked  and  slipped 
argent."  "Three  silver  or  white  lieurs  de  lis  with  stem 
and  leaves  on  a  red  shield."  The  motto  of  the  family  is 
"Aquila  not  captat  muscas," — the  eagle  does  not  catch 
flies — the  application  of  which  is  evidently,  "The 
Wadsworths  do  not  stoop  to  small  things."  The  follow- 
ing extracts  from  "The  Wadsworth  Family  in  America," 
published  in  1882,  were  kindly  furnished  me  by  Rev. 
Wm.  S.  Heywood,  formerly  of  Holyoke,  but  now  of 
Dorchester : 

"THE  NAME." 

"What  does  Wadsworth  mean?  It  is  evidently  a 
Saxon  name  not  Celtic  ;  we  are  not  of  the  old  British 
stock  which  fought  the  Romans  ;  nor  are  we  of  Norman 
or  French  extraction ;  our  name  is  not  found  in  the 
roll  of  Battle  Abbey  nor  in  the  Peerage  list,  but  we  are 
interloping  Saxons  (carpet  baggers),  who  came  into 
England  about  the  5th  century,  before  the  Normans 
certainly  but  long  after  the  Celts.  It  is  a  compound 
name  composed  of  two  syllables  and  formed  from  two 
original  words,  each  of  which  has  its  own  distinct  and 
separate  meaning." 

"From  Tower's  Essay  on  Family  Nomenclature  the 
derivation  may  be  had :  Wade,  meaning  a  meadow  or 
ford ;  Worth  (the  modern  signification  of  this  syllable 
is  of  course  eminently  characteristic  of  the  family  in  all 


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ages),  but  Tower  says  that  no  less  than  six  origins  have 
been  sought  for  it,  and  it  has  been  made  to  stand  for  a 
possession,  a  farm,  a  court,  a  place,  a  fort,  an  island. 
Arthur  gives  substantially  the  same  definitions  of  the 
two  parts  of  the  name,  but  also  gives  the  name  and 
meaning  in  full, — Wads  worth  same  as  Woods  worth — 
the  farm  or  place  in  the  woods.  Therefore  it  may  safely 
be  assumed  that  those  who  first  bore  the  name  were 
foresters,  or  woodsmen,  denizens  of  the  'Merrie  green- 
wood' as  the  Robin  Hood  ballads  have  it,  and  perhaps 
friends  and  contemporaries  of  the  great  outlaw.  This 
meaning  of  the  word,  probably,  denotes  the  occupation 
as  well  as  the  residence  of  our  ancestors  ;  their  business 
was  with  and  in  the  woods — they  were  not  townsmen  or 
farmers  but  woodsmen." 

"THE  FIRST  SETTLERS." 

'  'The  ship  Lion  cast  anchor  in  Boston  harbor  Sunday 
evening,  September  16,  1632.  'She  brought,'  says 
Winthrop,  'one  hundred  and  twenty  three  passengers 
whereof  fifty  were  children,  all  in  good  health.'  They 
had  been  aboard  12  weeks,  and  8  weeks  from  Land's 
End.  The  ship  first  made  land  at  Cape  Ann,  and  it 
being  foggy,  could  move  only  by  using  the  lead.  She 
was  5  days  in  Massachusetts  Bay  before  coming  to 
anchor  before  Boston.  The  vessel  had  made  several 
trips  to  America  before  this  one,  and  had  each 
time  brought  over  a  few  passengers  and  a  load  of 
supplies.  Of  the  123  passengers  on  the  trip  only  the 
names  of  about  30  are  preserved  and  of  these  the  name 


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of  Wm.  Wads  worth  heads  the  list,  stating  his  family  to 
consist  of  4  persons.  It  was  customary  for  the  ship, 
Capt.  Pierce  master,  to  return  to  England  by  the  way  of 
Jamestown,  Virginia,  when  the  English  had  effected  a 
settlement  in  1607.  This  was  his  intention  on  this  trip, 
but  while  on  her  way  there,  she  ran  on  a  shoal  in  Vir- 
ginia Bay  and  was  lost.  Of  the  crew  all  perished  save 
ten  ;  and  there  were  on  board  900  beaver  and  200  other 
skins  that  had  been  obtained  at  the  N.  E.  settlements. 
This  was  on  November  4,  the  ship  having  remained  in 
Boston  harbor  several  days,  and  the  Captain  during  her 
stay  had  made  an  overland  trip  to  Plymouth,  accom- 
panied by  the  Governor  of  Massachusetts  Colony  and 
others.  The  exact  date  of  Christopher  Wadsworth's 
arrival  or  how  he  came  is  not  known.  Some  of  our 
people  think  they  have  seen  a  statement  that  he  landed 
at  Duxbury  on  the  15th  of  September,  1632,  or  one  day 
earlier  than  the  anchoring  of  the  ship  Lion  before 
Boston.  This  is  not  an  improbable  statement,  for  if  he 
was  aboard  the  Lion,  he  might  easily  have  been  taken 
off  by  some  fishing  boat,  while  the  ship  was  searching 
about  for  an  entrance  to  Boston  harbor.  At  any  rate,  it 
is  very  evident  that  these  men  landed  about  the  same 
time.  There  are  strong  reasons  for  believing,  however, 
that  Wm.  Wadsworth  had  made  one  trip  to  America 
before  coming  for  a  permanent  settlement." 

"SKETCH  OF  CHRISTOPHER  WADSWORTH'S 
LIFE." 

"Christopher  Wadsworth  settled,  lived  and  died  in 
Duxbury.     He  early  took  a  prominent  position  among 


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his  townsmen,  though  such  veteran  pilgrims  as  Miles 
Standish,  Elder  Brewster,  and  John  Alden  were  his 
neighbors.  He  is  described  as  being  quite  young  when 
he  arrived  among  them.  His  wife  was  Grace  Cole,  but 
whether  he  was  married  when  be  arrived  at  Duxbury  is 
not  known.  Christopher  Wadsworth,  or  as  it  is  early 
spelled  'Xtopher  Waddesworth,'  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  and  the  first  constable  of  the  town  ;  an  office  at 
that  time  to  which  none  but  the  most  faithful  and  honest 
were  elected.  His  name  appears  upon  almost  every 
page  of  the  town's  history  while  he  was  there  in  active 
life.  He  repeatedly  held  the  positions  of  deputy  select- 
man and  surveyor.  A  perusal  of  the  town  records 
assures  us  of  his  worth  and  respectability.  His  name 
first  appears  in  the  records  of  the  town  in  1633.  He  had 
land  in  1638  at  Holley  Swamp  and  in  1655  bought 
land  of  John  Storr  and  Job  Cole.  The  house  where  he 
lived  is  now  standing  about  a  mile  west  from  Captain's 
Hill  near  what  is  called  the  new  road  to  Kingston.  His 
lands  there  ran  down  to  the  bay,  or  what  was  formerly 
known  as  Morton's  Hole.  Joseph  F.  Wadsworth,  a 
gentleman  of  some  note  and  a  descendant,  lived  on  the 
place  till  about  1855,  when  he  died  leaving  no  children, 
and  the  place  was  sold  to  strangers." 

"Christopher  was  elected  Constable  of  Duxbury  for 
1634.  This  was  the  highest  office  of  the  town.  The 
constable  was  a  sort  of  high  sheriff.  He  was  to  serve  as 
jailor  and  keep  such  as  were  committed.  He  was  to 
execute  punishments  and  penalties,  and  to  give  warnings 
of  marriages  approved  by  the  civil  authorities.  He  was 
to  act  as  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  and  surveyor  of 


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land  according  to  government  orders.  In  his  oath  he 
swore  loyalty  to  the  king  and  promised  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  his  people  and  see  that  the  peace  was  not 
broken.  The  will  of  Christopher  Wads  worth  bears 
date,  July  31,  1677,  and  was  filed  at  the  Court  in 
September  of  the  following  year,  so  that  his  decease 
occurred  between  those  dates.  He  gave  his  home  place 
to  his  son  John,  after  making  suitable  provisions  for  his 
wife  Grace,  and  his  Bridgewater  grant  and  other  lands  to 
his  son  Joseph.  His  only  other  legatee  mentioned  is  his 
daughter,  Mary  Andrews.  That  his  son,  Capt.  Samuel 
of  Milton,  or  his  heirs,  had  received  a  share  of  his 
property  previous  to  this,  is  evident  by  the  fact  that 
Samuel  was  possessed  of  a  portion  of  these  Bridgewater 
lands,  and  after  his  decease,  these  lands  were  taxed  to 
Widow  Wadsworth  and  later  to  Timothy  Wadsworth  of 
Boston,  son  of  Capt.  Samuel,  who  was  the  last  non-resi- 
dent person  to  dispose  of  these  original  grants." 

"There  is  no  evidence  to  show  that  Christopher  had 
more  than  4  children,  three  boys,  Joseph  and  John,  who 
lived  and  died  in  Duxbury,  Capt.  Samuel,  who  early 
moved  to  Milton  and  was  killed  fighting  the  Indians  at 
Sudbury,  1676,  and  Mary,  who  married  an  Andrews.  As 
there  has  been  some  question  in  regard  to  Capt.  Samuel 
being  a  son  of  Christopher,  we  might  add  that  researches 
establish  the  fact  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt.  Capt. 
Samuel' s  wife  was  Abigail  Tindall.  This  girl  was  born 
and  brought  up  in  Duxbury,  her  father  living  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Christopher  Wadsworth.  And  to 
further  establish  the  fact,  the  will  of  Grace  Wadsworth 
places  the  children  of  her  deceased  son  Samuel  among 
her  legatees." 


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"In  the  address  of  Dr.  M.  Edward  Wadsworth  of 
Harvard  University,  made  at  a  Family  Re-union, 
September  13,  1882,  is  the  following  passage  concerning 
Christopher  Wadsworth  who  is,  he  says,  'the  common 
ancestor  of  the  Maine  and  Massachusetts  Wadsworths, 
as  William  is  of  the  Connecticut  and  New  York 
branch.'  " 

"I  regret  exceedingly  that  my  information  regarding 
Christopher  is  only  limited.  I  can  obtain  no  trace  of 
him  prior  to  his  settlement  in  Duxbury  in  1632,  but  this 
is  not  to  be  wondered  at  when  so  many  ships  were  at 
that  time  arriving  at  the  Massachusetts  Bay  and  Plym- 
outh Colonies,  and  such  imperfect  records  were  kept  of 
their  passengers.  In  the  ship  in  which  William  came, 
out  of  123  passengers  we  know  the  names  of  but  33  ;  but 
Christopher  being  the  younger  would  not  so  naturally 
be  mentioned  as  the  former.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  in 
1632  3  we  find  Christopher  settled  in  Duxbury  near  the 
residence  of  Capt.  Miles  Standish — a  blunt,  honest, 
energetic,  peppery  man— a  man  who  not  improbably 
came  from  a  neighboring  district  and  who  would  present 
many  points  in  his  character  naturally  attractive  to  the 
true  Wadsworth  blood." 

"We  find  Christopher's  name  in  the  first  record  of 
freeman  in  Plymouth  Colony  in  1633,  and  he  is  taxed 
under  date  March  25th  of  the  same  year.  His  name  is 
appended  to  a  will  as  a  witness  with  Wm.  Bradford,  the 
second  Governor  of  Plymouth  Colony,  under  date  of 
September  16,  1633.  The  same  year  he  was  constable  of 
Duxbury.  In  1636  he  was  chosen  as  one  of  eight  to 
raise  the  ordinances  of  the  Colony,  and  served  during 


84  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

many  years  as  representative  and  in  other  places  of 
trust." 

"The  Wadsworths  were  a  prominent  and  somewhat 
numerous  family  in  Yorkshire,  England,  being  especially 
prominent  in  ecclesiastical  affairs.  This  country  fur- 
nishes a  large  number  of  Puritan  men  of  prominence 
like  Wm.  Bradford  and  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall.  Some 
Wadsworths  were  prominent  Dissenters  or  Puritans  in 
the  17th  century  and  were  imprisoned  in  the  Castle  of 
York  for  non-conformity."  (The  writer,  Dr.  Wads- 
worth  of  Harvard,  then  quotes  facts  to  prove  that  both 
William  and  Christopher  Wadsworth  were  true  Puri- 
tans, concluding  as  follows :)  "Never  would  Christopher 
have  been  so  soon  after  his  arrival  a  freeman  and  a 
constable — never  would  he  have  been  appointed  to  revise 
ordinances  of  the  Plymouth  colony,  unless  he  had  been 
in  perfect  accord  with  the  people  of  that  time— a  time 
when  none  but  church  members  could  be  freemen  and 
take  part  in  colonial  affairs.  Our  Puritan  fathers  had  a 
way  of  dealing  with  those  not  in  unison  with  them,  the 
absence  of  which  in  this  case  proves  beyond  a  doubt  that 
William  and  Christopher  Wadsworth  were  not  opposed 
to  them.  They  were  of  one  spirit  and  one  mind  or  they 
would  not  have  been  what  they  were  nor  where  they 
were." 

"A  good  story  comes  to  us  from  Geo.  P.  Wadsworth 
of  Boston  concerning  old  Christopher  of  Duxbury.  He 
says,  'Christopher  or  Xtopher  as  they  used  to  write  it  in 
those  days,  was  a  great  man  in  his  time,  and  according 
to  tradition  very  eccentric  and  extremely  passionate. 
In  Duxbury  where  I  was  born,  when  any  of  the  name  got 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  85 

passionate  or  unreasonable  (as  they  are  apt  to  do  at 
times)  it  was  a  saying  that  they  had  got  a  large  share  of 
old  Christopher  in  them.  They  tell  an  anecdote  of  him 
which  perhaps  is  not  new  to  you.  One  summer  he  had 
got  all  his  hay  into  his  barn-yard  and  was  about  to  pitch 
it  in  when  there  came  a  terrible  tempest  and  the  light- 
ning set  his  hay  on  fire  and  consumed  it.  The  next  year 
when  he  had  his  hay  in  exactly  the  same  position, 
another  fearful  tempest  arose  and  the  clouds  looked 
dark  and  threatening.  The  old  man  ran  into  the  house 
and  brought  out  a  fire  brand  and  set  fire  to  the  hay, 
swearing  that  he  meant  to  get  ahead  of  God  Almighty 
this  time.'  " 

Winsor  in  his  history  of  Duxbury  speaks  of  Christo- 
pher Wadsworth  as  follows,  "He  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers,  and  the  first  constable  of  the  town,  an  office,  at 
that  time,  to  which  none  but  the  most  faithful  and  honest 
were  elevated.  Also  a  deputy  and  selectman ;  and  a 
perusal  of  the  records  will  at  once  assure  us  of  his 
worth  and  respectability,  which  his  descendants  of 
every  generation  have  well  retained ;  and  no  family 
of  the  town  presents  a  greater  array  of  honored  men, — 
men  who  have  been  distinguished  in  the  civil  and  religious 
government  of  their  native  town,  who  have  held  a  high 
rank  in  the  literary  institutions  of  New  England,  and 
whose  names  stand  with  honor  on  the  muster-rolls  of  the 
Revolution." 

Gren.  Peleg  Wadsworth,  a  second  cousin  of  our  fore- 
mother,  Zenobe,  was  of  the  fifth  generation  from 
Christopher.  Winsor  speaks  of  the  general  as  follows  : 
"Gren.    Peleg  Wadsworth  was  a  son    of    Dea.    Peleg 


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Wads  worth.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1769, 
and  it  was  the  intention  of  his  father  that  he  should  be 
educated  in  the  ministry.  However,  he  unknown  to 
him  opened  a  private  school  in  Plymouth.  At  the  same 
time  Gen.  Alexander  Scammel,  famous  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary annals  was  also  teaching  there.  They  had  been 
very  intimate  friends  throughout  their  college  course. 
Gen.  W.  afterwards  kept  a  store  in  Duxbury,  and  soon 
after  moved  it  to  Kingston.  In  1775  when  minute 
companies  were  formed  and  manual  exercise  arrested 
general  attention,  he  devoted  much  of  his  time  to  the 
instruction  of  young  men  in  the  use  of  fire  arms, 
and  instilling  into  the  minds  of  youth  a  true  sense  and 
value  of  Liberty  and  Freedom.  He  had  at  this  time  the 
command  of  a  company  of  minute  men  in  Kingston  ; 
and  immediately  after  the  battle  of  Lexington,  joined 
Col.  Cotton's  regiment.  In  September  he  joined  the 
army  at  Roxbury,  and  was  employed  as  an  engineer ; 
but  afterwards  as  Gen.  Ward's  aid- de-camp.  In  1776  he 
was,  appointed  Captain  in  Col.  Bailey's  regiment.  In 
1777  he  received  the  appointment  from  the  State,  of 
Brigadier  General,  and  had  command  over  the  whole 
district  of  Maine.  In  the  spring  of  1778,  while  he  was  in 
Boston,  General  Lovell  was  appointed  to  command  an 
expedition  against  the  possessions  of  the  British  on  the 
Penobscot ;  and  General  W.  was  chosen  second  in 
command.  Capt.  Saltonstall  was  charged  with  a  fleet  to 
co-operate  with  them.  They  landed  and  made  an 
attack ;  but  failed  of  complete  success.  At  this  time 
Samuel  Alden  of  Duxbury  was  mortally  wounded. 
A  British  fleet  now  hove  in  sight,  and  their  ships  were 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  87 

run  up  the  river,  and  set  on  fire  ;  and  soon  after  they 
marched  off  their  men  through  the  forests.  Gen.  W., 
in  1780,  had  the  command  of  a  detachment  of  State 
troops  at  Camden,  Me.,  and  here  he  was  assaulted  and 
captured  by  a  host  of  the  enemy,  and  in  the  affair  was 
wounded  in  the  arm.  He  was  at  first  treated  with  great 
humanity;  but  soon  confined  in  prison,  to  await  his 
removal  to  England  to  be  tried  as  a  rebel  of  consequence. 
He  however  escaped  from  his  confinement.  After  this 
he  was  a  very  successful  merchant  in  Portland,  and 
built  the  splendid  mansion,  since  occupied  by  his  son- 
in-law,  Stephen  Longfellow,  Esq.  He  took  as  pay  for 
his  services  from  the  State  7000  acres  of  land  on  the 
Saco  river  (town  of  Hiram),  which  was  then  valued  at 
the  rate  of  12  1-2  cents  per  acre.  He  afterwards  moved 
and  settled  on  this  tract,  and  was  considered  the 
patriarch  of  the  settlement.  Here  he  built  him  a  house, 
and  passed  his  old  age,  and  died  in  1829,  aged  80.  He 
was  for  eight  years,  while  he  resided  in  Portland,  a 
member  of  Congress.  Gen.  W.  was  very  energetic  in 
his  nature,  and  quick  and  rapid  in  his  motions,  and  of 
restless  activity.  Mr.  Ward  of  Boston,  who  was  fellow 
aid-de-camp  with  him  in  Roxbury,  used  to  say  of  him, 
'It  makes  no  difference  what  you  do  with  Peleg 
Wadsworth.  If  he  were  a  porter,  he  would  have  the 
office  respectable.'  " 

Austin  in  his  life  of  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow 
says,  "The  Peleg  Wadsworth,  Jr.,  of  Military  fame, 
was  born  at  Duxbury,  May  6,  1748;  graduated  at 
Harvard  in  1769  ;  and  married  in  1772,  Elizabeth  Bart- 
lett  (daughter  of   Samuel   Bartlett)  of  the   same  town 


88  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

(Plymouth).  Their  children,  through  their  mother  and 
grandmother  Wadsworth,  who  was  Susanna  Sampson, 
inherited  the  blood  of  five  of  the  Mayflower  pilgrims, 
including  Elder  Brewster  and  Capt.  John  Alden." 

Gen.  Peleg  Wadsworth  had  eleven  children ;  his 
oldest  daughter,  Zilpah,  who  was  born  in  Duxbury, 
January  6,  1778,  was  married  to  Stephen  Longfellow, 
Esq.  Their  son  was  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  the 
Immortal  Poet. 

Now  returning  to  the  period  of  history  we  were  con- 
sidering when  we  branched  off  on  to  the  Wadsworth 
family,  we  have  learned  that  ^Nathaniel  Bartlett,  son  of 
Ebenezer,  Jr.,  was  married  to  Zenobe  Wadsworth. 
They  had  five  children,  all  born  in  Duxbury  ;  Zenobe, 
born  April  2,  1743;  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  born  March  30, 
1745  ;  Mary,  born  August  9,  1746  ;  Elizabeth  (according 
to  Winsor,  but  the  town  record  says  Lydia),  born 
December  3,  1749  ;  and  John,  born  in  the  early  part  of 
the  year  1752.  Neither  the  town  records  nor  AVinsor 
give  John's  name,  or  date  of  birth,  but  his  son,  Rev. 
Daniel  Bartlett,  has  left  a  testimonial  which  fixes  beyond 
doubt  the  place  and  year  of  his  birth. 

Nathaniel  Bartlett,  son  of  Ebenezer,  together  with  his 
family,  settled  at  Meduncook  (now  Friendship,  Me.), 
somewhere  about  1752-7.  His  name  occurs  on  the  town 
records  of  Friendship  but  once  and  then  (1787)  only  to 
give  the  "mark  of  Nathaniel  Bartlett' s  sheep."  James 
H.  Varney,  register  of  deeds  at  Wiscasset,  finds  in  book 
29,  page  8,  a  copy  of  Mr.  Bartlett' s  deed  of  50  acres  of 
land  to  Charles  Samson.  The  deed  was  dated  July  13, 
1792,  and  recorded  August  2.     The  following  extract  is 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  89 

given, — "Nathaniel  Bartlettof  a  place  called  Meduncook 
without  the  bounds  of  any  town,  but  in  the  county  of 
Lincoln,  yeoman,  in  consideration  of  thirty  pounds  paid 
by  Charles  Samson  of  Waldoborough." 

Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett  of  Sedgwick,  Me.,  says,  "I 
do  not  know  where  he  (Nathaniel,  his  great  grandfather) 
was  born,  but  he  lived  and  died  in  the  town  of  Friend- 
ship, Me.,  at  the  head  of  the  Muscongus  Bay.  It  was 
formerly  called  Meduncook,  the  name  of  a  river  that 
constitutes  its  eastern  boundary.  A  few  families  had 
settled  near  the  mouth  of  the  above  mentioned  river 
before  the  French  and  Indian  war,  as  it  was  called. 
When  that  broke  out,  fearing  that  the  'Meduncook 
Settlement',  as  it  was  termed,  would  be  destroyed,  they 
built  a  sort  of  stockade  on  a  small  island  a  short  distance 
from  the  mainland,  and  with  the  exception  of  two  fami- 
lies, moved  into  it,  staying  there  nights,  and  working  on 
their  farms  by  day.  The  two  remaining  families  had 
made  arrangements  to  move  on  to  the  island  the  next 
day,  when  the  Indians  came  upon  them  in  the  night, 
killing  several  persons  and  carrying  off  two  boys  (Brad- 
ford), both  of  whom,  by  the  way,  after  several  years  of 
captivity,  found  their  way  back  to  their  native  place  and 
there  spent  the  remainder  of  their  days.  The  morning 
after  the  massacre  the  bodies  of  the  killed  were  taken  to 
the  island  in  a  boat.  My  grandfather,  John  Bartlett, 
always  recollected  seeing  them.  He  used  to  say  while 
relating  the  above  circumstances,  that  he  was  then 
about  five  years  old.  Soon  after  the  massacre  his 
mother  (Zenobe)  got  on  board  a  coasting  vessel  and 
returned  to  Massachusetts,  taking  the  little  boy,  John, 
with  her." 


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It  is  quite  probable  she  took  the  other  four  children 
with  her  as  the  oldest  could  not  have  been  more  than 
thirteen  or  fourteen  years  of  age.  The  father,  Nathaniel, 
remained,  died,  and  was  buried  there.  It  is  believed 
by  some  of  his  descendants  that  a  daughter  lived  with 
him  until  she  was  married  or  died,  and  that  he  finally 
gave  his  property  to  a  Mr.  Cook,  who  took  care  of  him 
the  rest  of  his  days  Dea.  Cornelius  Bradford  of 
Friendship,  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  boys  carried 
away  by  the  Indians,  informed  Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett 
in  1840  that  Nathaniel  lost  a  leg  before  his  death  and 
wore  an  artificial  one,  and  that  Mr.  Bartlett' s  farm 
joined  his.     Mr.  Bradford  also  pointed  out  his  grave. 

We  have  no  means  of  knowing  at  this  period  where 
Zenobe  Bartlett  and  her  children  lived  after  they 
returned  from  Friendship,  but  it  is  most  likely  that  they 
were  well  cared  for  either  at  her  father,  Christopher 
Wadsworth's  home,  or  at  the  home  of  some  other 
Wadsworth,  for  they,  as  we  have  seen,  were  a  numerous 
and  influential  family  in  Duxbury. 

There  were,  as  before  stated,  five  children :  Zenobe, 
Nathaniel,  Jr.,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  or  Lydia,  and  John, 
enobe  was  married  to  Barnabas  Briggs  ;  it  is  thought 
thalh  one  of  the  other  daughters  was  married  to  a  Mr. 
Abbott  of  Andover,  and  that  they  had  a  daughter  who 
was  married  to  a  Mr.  Blake  ;  it  is  believed  that  the  other 
daughter  was  married  to  a  Col.  or  Gen.  Anderson  ;  it  is 
probable  that  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  died  in  the  service  of  his 
country  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  ;  and  John  settled 
in  Pembroke. 

Zenobe  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Zenobe, 


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was  born  in  Duxbury,  April  2,  1743.  She  was  married, 
April  12,  1768,  to  Barnabas  Briggs.  He  was  born  in 
Halifax,  Mass.,  March  27,  1746.  They  had  a  family  of 
seven  children.  To  get  away  from  the  "Red  Coats"  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  they  left  Halifax  and  joined 
the  Shakers  at  Portland,  Me. 

June  21,  1888,  Mr.  Z.  K.  Harmon,  the  principal  man 
of  the  Shakers,  now  located  at  West  Gloucester,  Me., 
wrote  me  as  follows  :  "Upon  examining  old  records  and 
interviewing  some  aged  members  of  the  Shaker  Family, 
I  learn  as  follows, — Barnabas  Briggs  and  wife,  Zenobe 
(whose  name  was  changed  toZenobiah,  and  subsequently 
to  Naome,  by  which  name  she  appears  on  the  records), 
came  to  Maine  at  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War, 
from  Halifax,  Mass.  They  landed  at  North  Yarmouth, 
from  whence  they  with  their  goods  were  polled  up 
Royals  river  on  a  raft  to  New  Gloucester.  In  1784  the 
whole  family  joined  the  Shakers.  Barnabas  Briggs  died 
here  July  9,  1822,  aged  76,  and  his  wife,  Zenobe,  alias 
Naome,  died  April  17,  1816,  aged  72  (73).  Their 
children  were  Nathaniel,  Bartlett,  Barnabas,  Jr  ,  Mercy, 
Olive,  Samuel,  and  Lyman.  All  the  boys  left,  but  the 
girls  remained  Shakers.  Olive  died  September  25,  1847, 
aged  74,  and  Mercy  died  July  15,  1859,  aged  89." 

From  other  sources  we  learn  that  Nathaniel  lived  in 
Hebron  and  Jay  ;  Bartlett  and  Barnabas,  Jr.,  in 
Belfast ;  and  Samuel  and  Lyman  in  Hartford  and  Sum- 
ner. Nathaniel  was  married  to  his  cousin,  Tabitha 
Briggs,  at  Paris,  November  18,  1802.  They  had  seven 
children,  one  of  whom  is  Thomas  Briggs,  who  was  born 
in  Buckfield,  March  30,  1812,  and  now  lives  at  Harrison. 


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He  has  had  five  sons  :  Thomas  Briggs,  Jr.,  who  carries 
on  the  wholesale  and  retail  confectionery  business,  379 
Congress  St.,  Portland,  Me.;  Augustus  and  Francis 
deceased  ;  and  William  and  Lewis,  who  live  in  Har- 
rison. 

6 John  Bartlett,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Zenobe  Bart- 
lett,  was  born  in  Duxbury  in  1752,  and  settled  in 
Pembroke.  He  was  an  iron  smelter,  and  it  is  said  that 
he  was  a  master  workman  and  very  ingenious.  He  is 
represented  to  have  been  a  genial,  whole-souled  man, 
possessed  of  a  strong  mind,  a  fine  form,  and  a  head 
crowned  with  beautiful,  dark  brown,  thick  curly  hair. 
He  owned  at  Pembroke  a  farm  of  100  acres  on  which 
there  were  a  house  and  barn.  The  house  is  still  stand- 
ing, and  has  been  visited  by  his  great  grandson,  William 
C.  Bartlett  of  Canton,  Me,  John  Bartlett  was  a  hero  in 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  died  in  Hartford,  June 
10,  1847,  aged  95  years. 

In  Zion's  Advocate,  August  3,  1847,  there  appeared 
the  following  memorial  article  written  by  his  son,  Rev. 
Daniel  Bartlett:  "Another  Revolutionary  hero  gone. 
Died  in  Hartford,  June  10th,  Mr.  John  Bartlett,  aged 
95  years,  He  was  born  in  Duxbury,  Mass.,  and  when  a 
small  boy  his  parents  moved  into  Meduncook  (now 
Friendship)  in  this  state.  He  was  in  the  garrison  when 
the  Mills  family  and  the  Bradford  family  were  either 
killed  or  carried  off"  by  the  Indians. 

"He  returned  with  his  mother  while  young  to  Massa- 
chusetts. In  the  revolutionary  struggle  which  separated 
this  from  the  mother  country,  he  was  among  the  first  to 
engage  in  the  service,  and  was  present  at  the  bloody 


BAETLETT  MEMORIALS.  93 

scenes  of  Bunker  Hill  and  Concord — was  in  the  city  of 
New  York  when  Independence  was  declared— was  in  the 
engagement  and  near  to  the  generals,  Sullivan  and 
Sterling,  when  they  were  taken,  and  saw  most  of  the 
bloody  battles  in  the  Northern  and  Middle  States,  but 
escaped  without  a  wound. 

"About  hall*  a  century  since  he  moved  into  this  state 
and  settled  in  the  town  of  Hartford,  where  his  body  now 
slumbers  in  ihe  silent  grave.  Here  it  pleased  God,  who 
had  carried  him  through  many  dangers,  by  sea  and  land, 
to  arrest  his  attention  and  call  him  from  the  silence  and 
pollution  of  moral  death  into  the  light  and  liberty  of 
the  gospel.  He  with  his  companion  united  with  the 
First  Baptist  church  in  Buckfield.  When  a  church  of 
the  same  faith  was  constituted  in  Sumner,  he  was  one  of 
its  members,  and  when  a  church  was  gathered  in  Hart- 
ford, he  was  one  of  the  number.  In  the  church  he 
remained  a  worthy  member  till  death  separated  him 
from  the  church  militant  and  called  him  to  join  the  church 
triumphant.  He  lived  to  see  the  last  of  his  children 
(eight  in  number)  and  all  their  companions,  and  many 
of  his  grandchildren  rejoicing  in  the  truth.  He  had  a 
robust  constitution,  a  strong  intellect,  and  a  remarkably 
retentive  memory. 

"He  was  a  lover  of  the  Sabbath,  the  Sanctuary,  and 
the  Bible.  And  though  by  loss  of  eyesight  he  had  not 
been  able  to  read  for  a  long  time,  yet  he  retained  an 
unusually  large  portion  of  scripture  in  his  memory, 
which  was  a  source  of  consolation  to  him,  when  he  had 
outlived  all  earthly  comforts.  As  a  man  he  had  some 
eccentricities  of  character,  and  as  human  he  must  have 


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had  some  imperfections ;  but  let  those  dwell  upon  his 
failings,  who  loved  him  less  than  I  did.     D.  B." 

John  Bartlett  bought  a  tract  of  land  of  Jacob  Soule 
of  Middleborough.  The  piece  of  land  contained  90 
acres,  and  was  located  in  the  town  of  East  Butterfield, 
afterwards  called  Hartford,  Maine.  Forty-five  pounds 
were  paid.  The  deed,  which  is  in  the  possession  of 
Lysander  Bartlett  of  Hartford,  is  dated  April,  1793. 
John  Bartlett  and  family,  consisting  of  his  wife  and 
seven  children,  moved  in  the  month  of  May,  1793,  from 
Pembroke,  and  made  their  home  on  this  piece  of  land. 
They  came  from  Massachusetts  on  a  coasting  vessel,  and 
landed  at  North  Yarmouth.  There  they  stored  their 
furniture  for  awhile,  and  stopped  a  week  with  a  Widow 
Gray.  They  then  proceeded  on  horse  back  through  the 
wilderness  and  set  up  housekeeping  in  a  log  house, 
which  had  been  previously  built,  probably  by  Mr. 
Bartlett  and  his  oldest  son,  Nathaniel.  At  this  time  it  is 
said  there  were  but  five  families  in  the  whole  township. 
A  black  cow  had  been  purchased,  and  during  the  first 
night  after  the  family  arrived,  it  is  said  by  a  descendant, 
the  cow's  ears  and  tail  were  bitten  off  by  the  bears.  Mr. 
Bartlett  soon  built  a  commodious  and  substantial  house, 
which  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  a  descendant,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  A.  Benson  and  family.  They  also  own  and 
cultivate  the  old  farm.  Apple  trees  are  still  standing, 
which  were  planted  by  Mr.  Bartlett. 

6 John  Bartlett  had  eight  children,  all  of  whom 
were  born  in  Pembroke,  Mass.,  except  the  youngest: 
Nathaniel,  1777  ;  Margaret,  1779  ;  Betsey,  1782  ;  John, 
Jr.,  1784  ;  Ira,  1787 ;    Daniel,  1789  ;  Joseph,    1791  ;  and 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  95 

Polly,  who  was  born  in  Hartford,  1794.  As  all  these 
children  lived,  married  and  had  families,  they  will  be 
considered  in  the  following  pages  under  eight  great 
divisions,  and  their  offspring  will  be  treated  as  branches 
under  their  respective  divisions.  Keeping  in  mind  this 
arrangement  and  observing  the  figures  at  the  left  of  the 
names,  every  descendant  of  John  Bartlett  will  be  able 
to  trace  back  his  lineage  to  the  progenitor  of  the  family, 
Robert  Bartlett. 

'NATHANIEL  BARTLETT  DIVISION. 

My  grandfather,  Nathaniel  Bartlett,  son  of  John,  was 
born  in  Pembroke,  Mass.,  December  6,  1777.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  settled  in  Hartford,  Me.  He  was  sick  a  great 
many  years  with  consumption  and  died  November  16, 
1845,  aged  nearly  68  years.  He  was  married  at  Sumner, 
March  28,  1802,  to  7Susan  Bisbee  (6Elisha,  5Charles, 
4Moses,  3John,  2Elisha,  Thomas).  My  grandmother 
was  a  very  energetic  and  capable  woman.  She  was  born 
in  Pembroke,  Mass.,  March  26,  1780,  and  died  in 
Hartford,  May  24,  1860,  aged  80  years.  For  the  follow- 
ing brief  abstract  of  the  Bisbee  family,  I  have  had 
access  to  the  Family  Records  of  the  Bisbees,  published 
in  1876,  and  compiled  by  William  B.  Lapham,  secretary 
of  the  Maine  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Society. 

u1Thomas  Besbedge,  the  common  ancestor  of  the 
New  England  family  of  Bisbee,  was  one  of  those  persons 
who  came  to  New  England  soon  after  the  landing  of  the 
Mayflower  pilgrims,  in  order  that  they  might  enjoy 
more  perfect  religious  freedom.     There  are  many  circum- 


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stances  which  go  to  show  that  he  was  a  man  of  some 
wealth  and  position  in  the  old  country,  and  a  man  of 
influence  in  Plymouth  Colony.  The  records  show  that 
he  sailed  from  Sandwich,  England,  in  the  ship  Hercules, 
John  Witherly  master,  with  his  wife,  six  children  and 
three  servants,  and  that  he  landed  at  Scituate  Harbor  in 
the  spring  of  1634.  He  had  certificates  from  Thomas 
Warren,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  at  Sandwich,  and  from 
Thomas  Harmon,  Vicar  of  Hedcorn,  of  his  conversion 
and  conformity  to  the  orders  and  discipline  of  the  church, 
and  that  he  had  taken  the  oaths  of  allegiance  and 
supremacy.  He  became  a  member  of  Lothrop's  cjiurch, 
the  first  gathered  at  Scituate,  and  was  chosen  one  of  its 
first  deacons.  He  remained  in  Scituate  but  a  short  time, 
for  in  1638  he  bought  a  house  of  William  Palmer  in 
Duxbury  and  moved  there.  In  1634  he  was  chosen 
Representative  from  Duxbury  to  the  General  Court. 
He  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  Seipicon  (now  Rochester), 
but  the  grant  was  not  accepted,  and  Mr.  Bisbee  subse- 
quently moved  to  Marshfield,  where  his  name  appears  on 
a  petition  to  the  General  Court.  He  afterwards  moved 
to  Sudbury,  where  he  lived  several  years  and  died 
March  9,  1674.  His  will,  dated  November  25,  1672, 
bequeaths  all  his  houses  and  lands  in  Hedcorn  and 
Frittenden,  Old  England,  to  his  grandson,  Thomas 
Brown,  and  makes  two  other  grandsons,  William  and 
Edward  Brown,  executors.  The  name  of  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Bisbee  does  not  appear  upon  the  records  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  which  are  equally  silent  respecting 
three  of  his  children.  They  may  have  died  unmarried, 
or  perhaps  there  may  be  an  error  in  the  record  which 
gives  the  number  six." 


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The  only  children  of  Thomas  Bisbee  whose  names 
appear  upon  the  records  are  Elisha,   Alice,  and  Mary. 

3Elisha  Bisbee,  son  of  Thomas,  in  1644  kept  a  ferry 
in  Scituate,  where  Union  Bridge  now  stands.  His  house 
stood  near  the  bridge,  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  and 
on  the  south  side  of  the  way.  His  house  was  a  tavern. 
His  children  were  Hopestill,  1645,  John,  1647,  Mary, 
1648,  Elisha,  1654,  and  Hannah,  1655. 

3John  Bisbee,  son  of  Elisha,  was  married  to  Joanna 
Brooks,  September  13,  1687.  He  was  married  at  Marsh- 
field  but  moved  to  Pembroke  and  died  there,  September 
24,  1726.  His  children  were  Martha,  1688,  John,  1690, 
Elijah,  1692,  Mary,  1693,  Moses,  1695,  Elisha,  1698, 
Aaron,  and  Hopestill,  1702.  4Moses  Bisbee,  son  of 
John,  moved  to  East  Bridgewater.  His  children  were 
Abigail,  Miriam,  1724,  Charles,  1726,  Joanna,  1729, 
Mary,  1733,  and  Tabitha,  1735. 

"5Chaules  Bisbee,"  son  of  Moses,  "was  born  in 
Bridgewater,  Mass.,  in  1726.  He  was  married  toBeulah, 
daughter  of  Rowse  Howland  of  Pembroke,  probably  a 
descendant  of  Arthur  Howland  of  Marshfield,  and 
subsequently  moved  to  Pembroke.  At  the  close  of  the 
Revolutionary  war,  in  which  the  father  and  his  two 
oldest  sons,  Elisha  and  Charles,  had  taken  part,  there 
was  an  extensive  emigration  from  the  Old  Colony  towns 
to  the  wilds  of  Maine,  or  to  the  'Eastward,'  as  it  was 
then  called,  and  Charles  Bisbee,  senior,  was  among  the 
number  of  those  who  emigrated.  He  bought  land  of 
Benjamin  Darling  of  Hanover,  Mass.,  in  a  township  in 
Maine,  then  called  Sharon,  afterwards  Butterfield,  and 
finally  incorporated  in  1798  by  the  name  of  Sumner.     In 


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the  summer  of  1783  he  visited  his  land  and  put  up  a 
cheap  tenement  for  his  family.  Buckfield  had  then  been 
settled  about  seven  years,  but  Sumner  was  a  wilderness. 
Mr.  Bisbee  returned  to  Pembroke  and  spent  the  winter 
and  in  the  following  spring  set  out  with  his  family  for 
their  new  home.  They  sailed  from  Scituate  harbor  in  a 
packet,  and  landing  at  Yarmouth,  proceeded  through 
the  wilderness  to  Sumner  on  horseback,  arriving  on  the 
5th  day  of  June,  1784.  He  selected  his  land  with  good 
judgment,  and  with  the  aid  of  his  seven  stalwart  sons  he 
soon  cleared  him  a  good  farm.  He  suffered  all  the 
privations  and  hardships  incident  to  pioneer  life,  lived 
to  see  his  children  comfortably  settled  around  him,  and 
to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  toil,  and  departed  this  life  June 
5,  1807,  it  being  the  twenty-third  anniversary  of  the 
arrival  of  the  family  in  town.  His  wife,  Beulah,  died 
September  1,  1816.  The  nine  children  of  Charles 
Bisbee  grew  up  to  man  and  womanhood  and  all  of  them 
were  married  and  had  families.  Their  children  settled 
in  Sumner  and  the  adjoining  towns,  and  their  grand 
children  are  widely  scattered,  many  of  them  having 
made  their  homes  in  the  far  West." 

Charles  Bisbee' s  children  were  Elisha,  1757,  Charles, 
1758,  Mary,  1760,  Moses,  1765,  John,  Solomon,  1769, 
Calvin,  1771,  Rouse,  1775,  and  Celia. 

6Elisha  Bisbee,  our  great  grandfather  and  oldest 
child  of  Charles,  was  married  in  Duxbury,  Mass.,  in 
1779,  to  Mary  Pettingill  of  that  town.  He  went  to 
Sumner  with  the  rest  of  the  family,  where  his  children, 
all  except  the  two  oldest,  were  born.  His  ten  children 
were  7Susan,  our  grandmother,  Sally,  Anna,  Elisha,  Jr., 


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Daniel,  Hopestill,  Molly,  Thersea,  Hulda,  and  Horatio. 
Sally  was  married  to  Gad  Hayford  and  had  five 
children,  one  of  whom,  Cyrus,  was  married  to  Arvilla, 
daughter  of  Dea.  Ira  Bartlett ;  Anna  Bisbee,  sister  of 
Susan,  was  married  March  24,  1805,  to  Stephen  Drew  of 
Turner.  They  had  a  son,  Jesse,  born  September  21, 
1808,  who  was  married,  May,  1884,  to  Hannah  T.  Phillips 
of  Turner.  Jesse's  son,  Col.  Franelin  Mellen  Drew, 
was  born  July  19,  1837.  "He  is  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin 
College,  and  by  profession  a  lawyer.  He  has  been 
clerk  of  the  Maine  House  of  Representatives ;  was 
Captain,  Major,  and  Brevet  Colonel  of  the  15th  Maine 
Regiment  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  ;  served  four  years 
as  Secretary  of  State,  and  has  been  twice  appointed 
United  States  Pension  Agent,"  and  elected  Judge  of 
Probate.  He  was  married  to  Araminta  Blanch  Wood- 
man of  Naples.  They  had  a  son  that  died  in  infancy. 
Col.  Drew  now  resides  at  Lewiston,  Me  ,  and  as  a 
lawyer  has  a  lucrative  practice. 

Elisha,  Jr.,  was  the  grandfather  of  Joanna  B.  Reed, 
wife  of  Oscar  Hayford  of  Canton  ;  Daniel  was  married 
to  Sylvia  Stevens  of  Sumner ;  Hopestill  was  the  father 
of  Martha  J.,  wife  of  M.  Chauncey  Osgood  of  Hartford  ; 
Molly  had  two  husbands,  Nehemiah  Bryant  and  Lemuel 
Dunham ;  Thersea  was  married  to  Barney  Howard ; 
Hulda  was  married  to  Sampson  Reed  ;  and  Horatio 
was  the  father  of  Hon.  Horatio  Bisbee,  Jr.  He,  born 
May  1,  1839,  is  a  graduate  of  Tufts  College,  and  by 
profession  a  lawyer.  He  was  Lt.  Col.  of  the  9th  Maine 
Vols.,  and  after  the  war  was  over  he  moved  to  Florida 
and  was  made  U.  S.  District  Attorney.     He  has  served 


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one  term  in  Congress.'  He  was  married  April  5,  1863,  to 
a  lady  of  Florida,  and  has  had  several  children.  He 
resides  at  Jacksonville. 

Mr.  Lapham  says,  "As  a  race  the  Bisbees  are 
distinguished  for  their  mechanical  ingenuity,  and 
especially  for  their  skill  in  working  iron  and  steel.  A 
larger  per  cent,  of  them  are  blacksmiths  than  of  any 
other  family  I  know,  except  perhaps  the  family  of 
Leonard." 

Our  grandfather,  7Nathaniel  Bartlett,  who  was 
married  to  Susan  Bisbee,  had  eight  children,  all  of 
whom  were  born  in  Hartford :  America,  Lemira, 
Fidelia,  Hiram,  Hiram,  2d,  Sarah  H.,  Horatio,  and 
Susan  B.  Hiram,  born  April  21,  1810,  lived  only  28 
days  ;  Hiram,  2d,  a  carpenter  and  farmer,  was  born 
November  1,  1811,  and  died  May  13,  1839.  He  was 
unmarried  ;  Horatio,  born  November  2,  1816,  died 
April  23,  1842  ;  Susan  B.,  born  February  13,  1819,  died 
October  11,  1841.  All  the  children,  except  the  oldest 
son,  inherited  weak  lungs,  and  the  five  youngest  died  of 
consumption. 

8AMERICA  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

America  Bartlett,  son  of  Nathaniel,  was  born  April 
18,  1803,  and  died  in  Caribou,  Maine,  March  21,  1886, 
aged  nearly  84  years.  My  uncle  was  a  farmer  and  for 
some  years  a  merchant  in  Hartford.  He  was  greatly 
interested  in  politics  and  was  a  prominent  citizen,  being 
at  one  time  one  of  the  County  Commissioners  of  Oxford 
County.     He  moved  to  Forestville  in  1863,  took  up  land, 


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established  a  comfortable  home,  and  was  soon  appointed 
local  land  agent.  His  interest  in  political  matters  con- 
tinued to  the  end,  his  ]ast  vote  being  for  James  Gr. 
Blaine  in  1884.  In  one  of  the  local  newspapers  the 
following  notice  appeared:  "Mr.  America  Bartlett  of 
Caribou,  died  Sunday,  21  ult.  Had  he  lived  until  the 
17th  of  April,  he  would  have  been  84  years  old.  Mr.  B. 
formerly  resided  in  Hartford,  where  he  was  a  prominent 
and  respected  citizen  and  at  one  time  was  one  of  the 
county  commissioners  of  Oxford  County.  He  also  very 
early  joined  the  abolition  or  free  soil  party  of  which  he 
was  an  active  member  until  the  formation  of  the  repub- 
lican party,  and  since  then  he  has  been  an  ardent 
republican.  Mr.  B.  came  to  Forestville,  now  a  part  of 
Caribou,  in  1863  and  at  once  developed  an  interest  in  all 
that  he  thought  tended  to  develop  the  resources  of  his 
new  home  and  surrounding  country,  and  was  soon 
appointed  local  land  agent  by  Hon.  I.  R.  Clark  and 
later  by  Hon.  P.  P.  Burleigh,  state  land  agent.  Mr,  B. 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  leaves  a  widow 
and  three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter.  Another 
son,  his  name  sake,  America,  died  in  the  service  of  his 
country,  in  the  war  of  1861.  Mr.  Bartlett  will  be  missed 
by  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances." 

May  31,  1830  America  Bartlett  was  married  to  Lydia 
Hayford,  sister  of  Zeri  Hayford  of  Canton.  She  was 
born  in  Hartford,  May  27,  1804,  and  died  October  6, 
1854.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  a 
most  excellent  woman.  His  second  wife  was  Cynthia 
Osgood,  who  was  born  in  Buckfield,  February  10,  1822. 
She  was  a  teacher  and  was  married  April  6,  1856.     She 


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has  been  a  true  companion  and  a  faithful  mother.  By 
his  first  wife  he  had  four  children  :  Nathaniel,  born  in 
Hartford,  June  10,  1832  ;  Adelia  F.,  born  September, 
1834,  died  January  13,  1838  ;   A.  Fairfield,  born  October 

28,  1838,  died  July  12,  1839  ;   America  F.,  born  October 

29,  1840,  died  of  chronic  diarrhea  in  the  city  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  January  16,  1864.  He  was  a  member  of 
Co.  C,  19th  Maine  Vols.  He  was  a  patriotic  and  worthy 
young  man.  By  his  second  wife  Mr.  Bartlett  had  two 
children :  Lydia,  a  good  scholar  and  successful 
teacher,  born  in  Caribou,  December  28,  1856 ;  and 
9Osgood,  a  farmer,  born  in  Caribou,  February  5,  1858. 
The  widowed  mother  and  her  two  children  own  and  live 
upon  a  valuable  farm  some  two  miles  from  the  village  of 
Caribou. 

"Nathaniel  Bartlett,  son  of  America,  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  and  at  the  Seminary  at  Kents 
Hill.  He  is  a  natural  musician.  Some  of  his  relatives 
still  hold  in  grateful  remembrance  the  days  of  long  ago 
when  his  violin  and  songs  held  them  .spell-bound.  He 
resides  at  Caribou  and  is  an  agent  of  the  American 
Express  Company.  He  owns  a  good  farm  and  other 
valuable  real  estate.  May  22,  1865  he  was  married  to 
Ruth  A.  Hall,  daughter  of  Winslow  Hall,  who  was  a 
very  able  and  successful  business  man.  He  was  born  in 
Buckfield,  June  19,  1798,  and  died  in  1883,  aged  85 
years.  She  was  a  fine  scholar  and  a  very  prominent 
teacher.  Mrs.  Bartlett  carries  on  the  millinery  business 
with  great  success.  They  have  had  one  child,  10Roy  F. 
Bartlett,  who  was  born  in  Caribou,  October  26,  1869. 
He  is  a  very  promising  scholar  and  a  young  man  of  good 


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health  and  excellent  principles.  He  has  just  entered 
Bowdoin  College.  May  he  be  the  embodiment  of  all 
that  is  best  in  the  Bartlett  and  Hall  families. 


8LEMIRA  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

My  mother,  Lemira  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Nathaniel, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  April  17,  1804,  and  died  in 
Wayne,  December  26,  1872.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church  and  a  most  estimable  woman.  March, 
1837  she  was  married  in  Wayne,  to  Oliver  A.  Lawrence, 
who  was  born  July  8,  1803,  and  died  July  14,  1881. 
They  had  three  children:  Hiram  B.,  Horatio  B.,  and 
Abbott  N.,  who  was  born  October  5,  1846,  and  died  June 
13,  1871. 

9Hiram  Bartlett  Lawrence  was  born  March  8, 
1840.  He  was  married  to  Mary  J.  Day,  December  29, 
1875.  She  was  born  in  Hoi  yoke,  March  2,  1852.  They 
have  had  three  children  :  Ray,  born  April  6,  1880,  died 
May  29,  1880  ;  Genevieve,  born  April  26,  1884,  died  July 
19,  1886  ;  and  10Vera  Bartlett,  who  was  born  June  19, 
1888. 

9Horatio  Bartlett  Lawrence  was  born  December 
19,  1841.  He  was  married  to  Adelia  M.  BrOwn, 
December  1,  1874.  She  was  born  in  Leicester,  Mass. 
They  have  had  no  children.  For  fuller  particulars  of 
Lemira  Bartlett' s  family  see  Lawrence  Memorials,  page 
30. 


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8FIDELIA    BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Fidelia  Bar  tie  tt,  daughter  of  Nathaniel,  was  born  in 
Hartford,  September  11,  1805,  and  died  in  Canton, 
December  9,  1886,  aged  81  years.  November  10,  1832, 
she  was  married  to  Zeri  Hay  ford,  son  of  Zeri  Hay  ford, 
senior,  son  of  William  Hayford,  who  came  from  Pem- 
broke and  settled  in  the  northern  part  of  Turner  near 
the  Hartford  line  about  1777.  My  uncle  Zeri  was  born 
in  Hartford,  March  18,  1807,  and  hence  is  now  81  years 
of  age.  By  untiring  labor,  great  perseverance,  and 
excellent  judgment  he  acquired  a  comfortable  fortune. 
He  has  been  a  kind  and  faithful  husband  and  father,  a 
good  citizen,  and  a  consistent  Christian.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Free  Baptist  church  of  Canton  as  was  also  his 
wife.  My  aunt  Fidelia  was  highly  esteemed  for  her 
noble  qualities.  At  her  death  the  following  memorial 
appeared  in  the  local  newspaper :  "Mrs.  Fidelia 
Hayford,  wife  of  Mr.  Zeri  Hayford,  died  on  the  9th  inst. 
after  a  long  and  painful  sickness.  She  was  eighty-one 
years  old  last  September.  She  was  born  in  Hartford, 
Me.,  and  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Bartlett.  There  were 
seven  (eight)  children  in  her  father's  family  and  she  was 
the  last  one.  Her  only  brother  died  last  March  in 
Aroostook  Co.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hayford  were  married 
fifty-four  years  ago  and  began  their  married  life  on  the 
same  place  on  which  they  lived  at  the  time  of  her  death. 
Mr.  Hayford  with  his  father  began  on  the  place  when  he 
was  nine  years  old  ;  cleared  the  land  and  erected  a  good 
set  of  substantial  buildings.     They  have  raised  a  family 


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of  three  children,  two  of  them,  one  son  and  a  daughter, 
passed  away  in  early  man  and  womanhood.  Mr.  Oscar 
Hayford,  their  only  son,  has  always  lived  at  home  and 
he  and  his  faithful  wife  have  carefully  cared  for  their 
aged  parents  for  many  years.  One  thing  remarkable 
and  uncommon  is,  that  they  have  sat  down  to  54 
Thanksgiving  dinners  under  the  same  roof  together. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  in  early  life  became  interested  in  the 
Christian  religion  and  for  many  years  have  been  consis- 
tent members  of  the  Free  Baptist  church,  and  as  we  lay 
this  good  Christian  mother  in  her  last  resting  place,  let 
us  mingle  our  tears  with  this  aged  brother  who  is  left  so 
lonely,  and  remind  him  to  still  continue  to  look  to  the 
One  who  has  blessed  him  and  his  companion  so  many 
years." 

Zeri  and  Fidelia  Hayford  had  three  children,  all  of 
whom  were  born  in  Canton :  Oscar ;  Asia,  a  good 
scholar  and  a  noble  young  man,  born  April  28,  1838, 
died  March  1,  1863;  and  Susan  B.,  an  amiable  and 
worthy  young  lady,  born  November  29,  1844,  died  July 
22,  1865.  She  was  married  to  Albert  M.  Austin,  April 
1,  1865.  Mr.  Austin  is  now  a  successful  business  man 
in  Portland,  Me. 

9Oscar  Hayford,  son  of  Zeri,  was  born  October  31, 
1833.  He  inherits  many  characteristics  of  his  father, 
and  is  an  intelligent  and  worthy  citizen.  He  owns  one 
of  the  largest,  most  valuable,  and  best  cultivated  farms 
in  Oxford  County.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Baptist 
church  of  Canton,  where  he  resides,  and  belongs  to  the 
order  of  Masons.  March  27,  1864  he  was  married  to 
Joanna  B.  Reed,  daughter  of  Freeman  El.  Reed.     She  is 


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a  worthy  and  faithful  companion  and  a  good  mother. 
She  was  born  in  Canton,  December  12,  1843.  They  have 
had  four  children  :  10Susan  A.  Hay  ford,  born  December 
3,  1866,  was  married,  February  1,  1886,  to  Dr.  Henry  T. 
Tirrell,  a  dentist,  who  was  born  April  5,  186  L.  They 
have  had  one  child,  "Arthur  Lawrence  Tirrell,  my 
namesake,  born  July  14,  1888 ;  10Asia  P.  Hayford, 
born  February  6,  1870.  He  is  a  capable  and  enter- 
prising young  man.  May  the  fond  anticipations  centered 
upon  him  be  fully  realized  ;  Carrie  F.,  born  November 
17,  1876  ;  and  Myrtie  B.,  born  March  4,  1879. 

8SARAH  H.    BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Sarah  H.  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Nathaniel,  was  born  in 
Hartford,  September  29,  1814,  and  died  at  Charles- 
town,  Mass. ,  April  19,  1861.  She  was  married  February 
8,  1844,  to  Dennis  Kilbrith,  who  was  born  in  Hartford 
August  5,  1820,  and  died  at  Charlestown,  June  1,  1887. 
They  had  one  child,  Eddie,  who  was  born  about  1848, 
and  died  of  heart  disease  at  the  age  of  ten  or  twelve  years. 

rMARGARET  BARTLETT  DIVISION. 

Margaret  Bartlett,  daughter  of  John,  was  born  in 
Pembroke,  Mass.,  November  26,  1779,  and  died  in 
Sumner,  Me.,  March  5,  1863,  aged  83  years.  She  was 
married  to  Asa  Robinson,  a  farmer,  who  was  born 
September  1,  1765,  and  died  March  24,  1844.  They  had 
fifteen  children,  all  of  whom  were  born  in  Sumner  : 
Deborah,  born  February  2,  1796,  died  March  21,  1796  ; 


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Lucy,  1797  ;  Orrin,  1799  ;  Sumner,  1800 ;  Sabrina,  1802  ; 
Sophronia,  1804  ;  Livonia,  1807  ;  Ervin,  1809  ;  Susanna, 
1811  :  Wealthy,  born  March  9,  1813,  died  May  25,  1813 ; 
John,  born  March  12,  1814,  died  March  13,  1814  ;  Daniel 
B.,  1815  ;  Adoniram  J.,  1817;  Lucius,  1820  ;  and  George 
D.  B.,  1823. 

8LUCY  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Lucy  Robinson,  daughter  of  Asa  and  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  May  7,  1797,  and  died 
March  9,  1 880,  aged  nearly  83  years.  She  was  married 
to  Dr.  Bethuel  Gary  of  Turner,  September  11,  1817,  by 
Rev.  Joseph  Palmer.  Dr.  Gary  was  a  regular  practicing 
physician  in  Sumner  for  over  50  years,  was  postmaster 
and  town  clerk  a  great  many  years,  and  represented  the 
towns  of  Sumner  and  Hartford  in  the  State  Legislature. 
He  was  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  died  at  his  residence  at  East  Sumner, 
September  2,  1866,  aged  73  years.  They  had  six 
children:  Lucy  A. ;  William  R. ;  Benjamin  F.,  Bethuel, 
Jr.,  Cynthia  T.,  and  Sarah  D. 

9Lucy  A.  Cary,  daughter  of  Dr.  Cary  and  first 
grandchild  of  Asa  and  Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson, 
was  born  in  East  Sumner,  May  13,  1818.  She  was 
married  to  Eleazer,  son  of  Dea.  Stephen  Ellis  of  Sumner, 
March  6,  1836.  He  settled  in  the  town  of  Guilford, 
moved  to  Woodstock,  and  finally  settled  on  the  place  of 
his  birth,  and  died  September  6,  1868.  They  had  seven 
children:  Lucy  A.,  born  July  29,  1836,  died  September 
4,  1836  ;  Abby  C.;  Bethuel  C,  born  May  16,  1842,  died 


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June  28,  1855;  Lucy  C;  Ella  F.,  born  September  29, 
1851  ;  Lizzie  R.,  born  June  30,  1854  ;  and  Clara  M.,  born 
October  15,  1857. 

10Abby  C.  Ellis,  daughter  of  Lucy  A.  (Cary)  Ellis, 
was  born  in  Sumner,  September  10,  1838.  When  she 
was  a  small  child,  she  was  held  in  the  arms  of  her  great- 
great  grandfather,  John  Bartlett,  there  being  present  at 
the  time  five  generations  of  the  family,  a  picture  which 
very  few  families  can  present.  Miss  Ellis  was  married, 
May  1,  1859,  to  Edward.  G.  Cole,  who  was  born  in 
Hartford,  August  23,  1832.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cole  are 
Second  Adventists,  and  their  children  are  favorably 
inclined  to  the  same  religious  views.  Mr.  Cole  and  two 
of  his  sons  are  carpenters  by  trade.  They  are  all 
Republicans,  the  father  being  a  Mason  and  an  Odd 
Fellow.  They  have  had  three  children  :  uEdwakd  H., 
born  July  11,  1861,  and  married,  November  25,  1883,  to 
Dora  Knight,  who  was  born  November  22,  1862.  They 
have  had  one  child,  12Ellis  Cary  Cole,  who  was  born 
December  3,  1884  ;  Arthur  E.,  born  September  22,  1863, 
is  now  a  dentist  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H. ;  and  Afred  T., 
born  September  4,  1867. 

10Lucy  C.  Ellis,  daughter  of  Lucy  A.  (Cary)  Ellis, 
was  born  in  Sumner,  December  16,  1849,  and  was 
married  to  Daniel  J.  Russell,  January  1,  1867.  They 
have  had  five  children:  Albert  J.,  born  November  28, 
1867,  died  June  27,  1880  ;  "Nellie  W.,  born  March  20, 
1870,  was  married  to  Rosco  G.  Stephens,  February  17, 
1887.  They  have  had  one  child,  12CarlM.,  born  October 
3,  1887;  Ellis  P.,  born  April  29,  1872  ;  Ernest  L.,  born 
July  9,  1874 ;  and  Albert  J.,  born  July  20,  1881,  died 
October  3,  1881. 


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9William  R.  Cary,  son  of  Dr.  Cary,  was  born  July 
8,  1820.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Hartford,  was  extensively 
engaged  in  the  wood  trade,  and  later  in  breeding  horses 
and  Jersey  cattle.  April  17,  1841  he  was  married  to 
Mary  B.  Clark.  They  have  had  three  children  :  Sarah 
S.,  born  September  28,  1844,  was  married  to  George  E. 
Barrows,  November  29, 1866.  She  died  August  10, 1872. 
They  had  one  child,  George  C,  born  August  1,  1872, 
and  lived  28  days;  Mary  E.,  born  October  2,  1852; 
and  10Lydia  F.,  born  December  25,  1856,  was  married  to 
George  M.  Parks  of  Taunton,  August  16,  1881.  They 
settled  in  Dorchester  District,  Boston.  They  have  had 
one  child,  "Lillian  F.,  born  October  30,  1883. 

9Benjamin  Franklin  Cary,  son  of  Dr.  Cary  and 
grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in 
East  Sumner,  Me. ,  November  23,  1822.  He  is  a  farmer  and 
a  Republican,  and  belongs  to  the  order  of  Masons.  He 
was  married  to  Sophia  Howland  Robinson,  April  19, 
1846,  by  Bethuel  Cary,  Esq.  She  was  born  in  Sumner, 
November  6,  1823,  and  died  in  Hartford,  September  1, 
1883.  Mr.  Cary  settled  in  Hartford.  He  served  as  one 
of  the  superintending  school  committee  for  several 
years,  and  one  of  the  selectmen  nine  years,  five  years  in 
succession,  and  in  1859  was  elected  to  the  state  Legis- 
lature to  represent  the  district  composed  of  Hartford 
and  Turner.  Mr.  Cary  has  been  a  gentleman  of  large 
experience  in  public  affairs  and  is  highly  esteemed.  He 
now  resides  in  East  Sumner.  They  had  three  children  : 
Bethuel,  1852;  Leonard  R.,  born  August  10,  1860,  died 
January  1,  1872;  and  Lizzie  E.,  born  April  6,  1868. 
10Bethuel  Cary,  son  of  Benjamin  F.  Cary,  was  born  in 


or  thjs 


110  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

Hartford,  September  28,  1852.  He  is  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  a  Republican,  and  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  November  25,  1874  he  was  married  to  Luella 
F.  Foye,  who  was  born  in  Canton,  September  28,  1 853. 

9Bethuel  Cart,  son  of  Dr.  Cary,  was  born  in  East 
Sumner,  May  19,  1825,  and  died  August  29,  1852.  He 
settled  in  Abington,  Mass.,  and  was  a  boot-maker  by 
trade.  He  was  married  to  July  A.  Farrar,  who  was  born 
in  JBuckfield,  June  6,  1827. 

9Cynthia  T.  Cart,  daughter  of  Dr.  Cary  and  grand- 
child of  Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  East 
Sumner,  January  4,  1830.  She  was  married  to  Charles 
B.  Bonney,  September  30,  1855.  He  is  a  farmer  in  East 
Sumner,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  They  have  had 
four  children  :  Tolman  C,  born  October  25,  1856,  died 
July  9,  1862;  Sadie  D.,  born  July  9,  1866 ;  Hattie  M., 
born  April  20,  1869  ;  and  Charles  A.,  born  July  10, 
1875.  10Sadie  D.  Bonney  was  married  to  Frank  W. 
Palmer,  July  26,  1884.  They  have  had  two  children : 
"Howard  S.,  born  January  13,  1885,  and  Bessie,  born 
September  16,  1887. 

9Sarah  D.  Cary,  daughter  of  Dr.  Cary  and  grand- 
daughter of  Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  May 
16,  1832.  She  was  married,  May  28,  1854,  to  Isaac 
Bonney,  who  was  born  May  14,  1826.  They  had  three 
children:  Mary  J.,  born  April  9,  1856,  died  March  14, 
1869  ;  10Henry  W.,  born  September  4,  1868;  and  Myrtie 
L.,  born  July  6,  1875. 


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8ORRIN  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Orrin  Robinson,  son  of  Asa  and  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  January  23,  1799,  and  died  October 
29,  1876.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  Republican,  and  belonged 
to  the  order  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  April  3,  1822  lie 
was  married  to  Martha  Barrows,  who  was  born  March 
18.  1802,  and  died  October  9,  1887.  They  settled  in 
Hartford,  and  were  members  of  the  Baptist  church  at 
East  Sumner.  They  had  seven  children,  all  born  in 
Hartford:  Sophronia  S  ;  Sarah  S. ;  Martha  A. ;  Orrin  B. 
Jr.;  Emily  A.;  Sumner  0.,  born  December  29,  1838,  died 
January  22,  1859  ;  and  Lucius  M. 

9Sophronia  S.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  January  23,  1823.  She 
was  married  to  Thomas  Jacobs.  They  had  two  children  : 
Asa  R.,  and  Nathaniel. 

9SarahS.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret  Bart- 
lett Robinson,  was  born  August  22,  1825.  She  was 
married,  May  2,  1847,  to  John  Thomas,  who  was  born  in 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  March  10,  1824.  He  is  a  blacksmith 
and  a  Republican.  They  have  had  three  children,  all 
born  in  Roxbury,  Mass.:  Melvina  M.;  John  S.,  born 
October  29, 1857,  died  February  29,  1880  ;  and  William  H. 
10Melvina  M.  Thomas  was  born  June  5,  1850,  and  was 
married,  September  6,  1868,  to  Henry  C.  Williams,  who 
was  born  November  29,  1844.  They  have  had  three 
children,  who  were  born  in  Roxbury  :  Walter  H.,  born 
August  30,  1870;  Ida  M.,  born  August  31,  1872;  and 
John    T.,   born    November    22,    1882.      10William    H. 


112  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

Thomas,  a  mechanic  and  Republican,  was  born  October 
10,  1859.  He  was  married,  October  25,  1887,  to  Edith  L. 
Packard,  who  was  born  December  26,  1866. 

9Martha  A.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  November  16,  1827.  She  was 
married  to  her  first  husband,  Danville  Bisbee,  January  10, 

1847.  He  was  born  December  3,  1818,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 16,  1858.  Alonzo  Pomroy  is  her  second  husband,  to 
whom  she  was  married  August  2,  1862.  He  was  born 
April  16,  1836.  By  her  first  husband  she  had  three 
children:  Martha  A.;  Daniel,  born  June  4,  1851,  died 
December  31,  1851  ;  and  Mary  E.  By  her  second  hus- 
band she  has  had  two  children  :  Lucius  M.,  born  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  November  4,  1866  ;  and  Horace  W.,  born 
in  Hartford,  Me  ,  April  14,  1871,  and  died  February  4, 
1872. 

10Martha  A.  Bisbee,  born  in   Canton,   January  27, 

1848,  was  married,  October  19,  1869,  to  Horace  K. 
Richardson.  He  is  a  mechanic,  and  was  born  October 
31,  1848.  They  have  had  four  children,  all  born  in 
Medford,  Mass.:  Lura  E.,  born  April  1,  1872;  Horace  E., 
born  March  8,  1874,  died  May  15,  1874;  Pearl  C,  born 
September  19,  1876  ;  and  "Horace  K.,  Jr.,  born  May  6, 
1880.  10Mary  E.  Bisbee,  born  in  Buckfield,  July  14, 
1853,  was  married  to  Arthur  B.  Briggs,  July  16,  1871. 
Mr.  Briggs,  a  farmer  and  a  Baptist,  was  born  July  21, 
1852.  They  have  had  three  children,  all  born  in  Sum- 
ner :  "Arthur  M.,  born  August  8,  1872;  Frank  W., 
born  June  10,  1883  ;  and  Carl  B.,  born  May  13,  1886. 

9Orrin  B.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  June  1,   1831.      He  is  a  farmer,  a 


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Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  December  2,  1855  he  was 
married  to  Clara  F.  Keen,  who  was  born  December  18, 
1833.  They  had  two  children,  both  born  in  Hartford  : 
Myron  S.,  and  Clara  A.,  born  August  16, 1863.  10Myron 
S.  Robinson,  born  August  17,  1856,  was  married  to 
Alice  T.  Kingsley,  September  23,  1878.  She  was  born 
December  4,  1861,  and  died  September  23,  1883.  His 
second  wife  was  Sadie  L.  Conant,  to  whom  he  was  mar- 
ried in  1884.  She  was  born  in  Turner,  April,  1868.  By 
his  first  wife  he  had  two  children,  both  born  in  Auburn  : 
"Florence  E.,  born  January  22,  1880  ;  and  Nellie  W., 
born  August  20,  1881. 

9Emily  A.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  March  9,  1835.  She  was 
married  March  15,  1859,  to  Nathaniel  H.  Stow,  who  was 
born  in  Grafton,  Mass.,  May  8,  1833,  and  died  August  5, 
1886.  He  was  a  life-long  Democrat,  and  in  1874  was 
elected  Representative  to  the  Maine  Legislature.  He  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  order  of  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  Mrs.  Stow  is  still  a  member,  and  belongs  to 
the  Baptist  church  in  Sumner.  They  had  one  child, 
10Marietta  Heywood  Stow,  born  in  Sumner,  March 
18,  1868. 

9Lucius  M.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  May  21,  1841.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
a  Baptist.  April  14,  1864  he  was  married  to  Lizzie 
Hurlin,  who  was  born  in  London,  England,  June  10, 1840. 
He  was  sergeant  in  the  first  Me.  cavalry,  and  was  killed 
in  action  at  "Deep  Bottom"  near  Richmond,  Va., 
August  16,  1864.  "He  was  a  noble  fellow  with  a  valor- 
ous record." 


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8SUMNER  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Sumner  Robinson,  son  of  Asa  and  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  December  24,  1800,  and  died  in 
Tonica,  111.,  October  28,  1887.  His  occupation  was  that 
of  a  farmer.  He  was  a  Baptist,  a  Whig,  an  Abolitionist, 
and  a  Republican.  His  first  wife  was  Lydia  F.  Clark, 
to  whom  he  was  married  May  2,  1822.  She  was  born  in 
Livermore,  October  19,  1798,  and  died  June  26,  1836. 
He  was  married,  July  15,  1837,  to  his  second  wife, 
Louisa  Clark,  who  was  born  in  Livermore,  September  17, 
1804.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  three  children  :  Sumner, 
Jr.,  Sabrina,  and  Mary  C.  By  his  second  wife  he  had 
two  children  :  Adrian  Gr.,  and  Lydia  F. 

9Rev.  Sumner  Robinson,  Jr.,  grandson  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Sumner,  May  11,  1823. 
He  is  a  Baptist  clergyman  and  now  resides  in  Kansas. 
March  2,  1847  he  was  married  to  Cordelia  Wormell,  who 
was  born  in  Peru,  September  11,  1826.  They  have  had 
eight  children :  Clara  H.;  Sabrina  A.,  born  September 
1,  1850,  died  March  23,  1852;  Hattie  L.;  George  D., 
born  February  22,  1857,  died  July  19,  1862;  Mary  V., 
born  August  17,  1860,  died  September  1,  1862  ;  AbbieL.; 
Lizzie  H.,  born  August  6,  1864,  died  October  13,  1865  ; 
and  Elon  Gr.,  born  March  21,  1869.  We  were  disap- 
pointed in  not  receiving  the  full  record  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Robinson's  life. 

10Clara  H.  Robinson,  born  in  Peru,  June  22,  1848, 
was  married,  March  8,  1868,  to  Albert  L.  Daniels,  who 
was  born  in  Woodbury,  Vt.,  January  26,  1844.     They 


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have  had  five  children  :  Lula  M.,  born  in  Ludlow,  111., 
February  1,  1869;  Erta  L.,  born  in  Lake  Fork,  111., 
Oetober  30,  1871 ;  Fred  E.,  born  in  East  Bend,  111., 
September  11, 1873  ;  Cordelia  C,  born  in  East  Bend,  111., 
November  22, 1879  ;  and  Walter  A.,  born  in  Deer  Creek, 
Kansas,  June  20,  1882. 

10Hattie  L.  Robinson,  born  in  Tonica,  111.,  October 
19,  1853,  was  married,  September  13,  1877,  to  Frederick 
H.  Clark,  who  was  born  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  March  1, 1854, 
and  died  in  El  Dorado,  Kansas,  November  28,  1878. 
They  had  one  child,  Albert  F,,  born  in  Payne,  Kansas, 
June  26,  1878.  Her  second  husband  is  Augustus  W. 
Arnold,  to  whom  she  was  married  April  25,  1882.  He 
was  boin  in  Brimfield,  111.,  January  9,  1854.  They  have 
had  one  child,  Louisa  A.,  born  in  Murdock,  Kansas, 
August  28,  1883. 

10Abbie  L.  Robinson,  born  in  Tonica,  111.,  September 
21,  1862,  was  married,  September  21,  1880,  to  Lafayette 
Baird,  who  was  born  in  Valley  Crusis,  N.  C,  Septem- 
ber 5,  1852.  They  have  had  two  children  :  Carroll  S., 
born  in  Benton,  Kansas,  July  26,  1881 ;  and  George  A., 
born  in  Payne,  Kansas,  October  5,  1883. 

9Sabrina  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Sumner,  December  16, 
1825.  She  was  married,  January  23,  1846,  to  Daniel 
Walker,  who  was  born  in  Peru,  February  13,  1817.  Her 
second  husband  is  William  H.  Walker,  to  whom  she 
was  married,  May  25,  1856.  He  was  born  in  Peru, 
January  7,  1824.  They  have  had  two  children  :  Charles 
S.,  born  in  Peru,  March  9,  1857  ;  and  Daniel  H.,  born 
February  8.  1859,  died  September  23,  1860.     10Charles 


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S.  Walker  was  married,  August  21,  1880,  to  Lizzie  M. 
Hazelton,  who  was  born  in  Springfield,  N.  H.,  June  4, 
1860.  They  have  had  one  child,  Iola  A.,  born  in 
Peru,  December  14,  1882. 

9Mary  C.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Sumner,  March  7,  1832. 
She  was  married  to  Jonathan  G.  Haskell,  June  19,  1853. 
They  have  had  four  children,  all  born  in  Illinois :  Estella 
S.,  born  February  3,  1854  ;  10Nellie  M.,  born  February 
12,  1856,  and  married  to  Carroll  C.  Dart,  January  3, 
1877.  They  have  had  two  children :  uEthelyn,  born 
October  7,  1879,  and  Ruby  L.,  born  June  5,  1884  ;  Abbie 
L.,  born  September  16,  1859 ;  and  George  W.,  born 
August  1,  1869. 

9Adrian  G.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  in  Peru,  April  12,  1839.  He  is  a 
farmer,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  May  15,  1861  he 
was  married  to  Anna  M.  Crane,  who  was  born  in 
Middleton,  N.  Y.,  April  6,  1838.  They  have  had  four 
children,  all  born  in  Tonica,  111.,  Vesta  A.,  born 
November  26,  1866,  died  August  28,  1868  ;  Gertie  L., 
born  August  11,  1869  ;  Maggie  C,  born  March  3,  1873 ; 
and  10Ernest  B.,  born  December  25,  1876. 

9Lydia  F.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Peru,  July  22,  1843.  She 
was  married,  January  1,  1866,  to  David  J.  Stanford.  He 
is  a  county  surveyor  in  Chatsworth,  111.,  and  was  born 
October  15,  1836.  They  have  had  five  children,  all  born 
in  Chatsworth,  Illinois:  Alice  L.,  born  March  27,  1867; 
10Albert  D.,  born  June  21,  1869  ;  Fred  C,  born  October 
3,  1871 ;  Eva,  born  June,  15,  1876 ;  and  Mary  M.,  born 
July  3,  1879. 


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8SABRINA  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Sabrina  Robinson,  daughter  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  September  28,  1802,  and  died  July 
26,  1887,  aged  nearly  85  years.  In  1824  she  was  married 
to  Levi  Bryant,  who  was  born  in  Plympton,  Mass., 
February  6,  1793,  and  died  in  Sumner  July  13,  1863. 
They  had  eight  children,  all  born  in  Sumner  :  Lydia  B. ; 
Levi,  Jr.;  Margaret,  born  April  18,  1832,  married  to 
Adoniram  J.  Freeman,  and  died  December  16,  1868 ; 
Marcia;  Sabrina  R. ;  Sophronia  R.,  unmarried,  born 
April  13,  1840;  Susan  M.,  unmarried,  born  April  12, 
1842,  and  Arvilla  D.,  born  December  18,  1846,  died 
January  19,  1847. 

9Lydia  B.  Bryant,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  August  14,  1826,  and  was 
married  to  William  Packard,  February  28,  1847.  He 
died  January  26,  1867.  They  had  nine  children  :  Lydia 
W.,  born  in  Abington,  Mass.;  Susan  A.,  born  February 
2,  1850,  died  September  19,  1851;  Herbert  A.,  born  in 
Abington,  August  19,  1851  ;  Albree  L.,  born  in  Abing- 
ton, September  9,  1853,  was  married  to  Sarah  S. 
Packard ;  10Martha  A.,  born  in  Abington,  September 
4,  1856,  was  married  July  7,  1886  to  Edward  W.  Bragg 
They  have  had  two  children:  j1Archie  E.,  born  June 
20,  1887,  and  Ermon  P.,  born  June  23,  1888  ;  Addie  E., 
born  in  Sumner,  December  5,  1858,  was  married  to  Lewis 
H.  Humphrey.  They  have  had  three  children :  Agnes 
L.,  born  November  1,  1883,  Herbert  L.,  born  August  24, 
1885,  and  Earl,  born  May  26,  1887  ;   George  H.,  born  in 


118  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

Hartford,  April  21,  1862,  was  raarried  June  28,  1884,  to 
Linnie  H.  Young,  who  was  born  March  12,  1866.  They 
have  had  one  child,  James  H. ,  born  in  Hartford,  June 
13,  1885;  Fred  S.,  born  in  Hartford,  June  9,  1864;  and 
Frank  L.,  born  in  Hartford,  September  15,  1866. 

9Levi  Bkyant,  Jr.,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  April  15,  1829.  He  was  married  to 
Sylvia  M.  Maconney,  May  2,  1852.  She  was  born  in 
Abington,  Mass  ,  May  26,  1831.  Mr.  Bryant  is  a  farmer 
and  carpenter,  a  Republican  and  a  Baptist.  They  have 
had  six  children,  the  first  two  born  in  Abington,  and  the 
others  in  Sumner:  Levi  S.,  born  April  18,  1855,  died 
October  28,  1858;  John  F.,  born  October  23,  1857,  died 
August  8,  1863;  10Charles  0.,  born  July  27,  1860; 
Nettie  F.,  born  May  25,  1865;  Mary  E.,  born  October 
3,  1868  ;  and  Willie  L.,  born  March  5,  1872. 

9Marcta  Bryant,  granddaughter  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  August  1,  1835,  and  was  married, 
June  9,  1855,  to  Amos  S.  Purkis,  a  farmer,  who  was  born 
in  Scarborough,  September  25,  1835.  They  have  had 
five  children:  10 Walter  H.,  born  in  IS".  Bridgewater, 
now  Brockton,  April  14,  1860,  and  married,  February  23, 
1884,  to  Avoline  R.  Forbes,  who  was  born  in  Buckfield, 
August  30,  1855;  Amos  L.,  born  in  Brockton,  April  6, 
1863,  and  married  March  12,  1888,  to  Anna  E.  Irish,  who 
was  born  in  Hartford,  June  13,  1866  ;  Alice  M.,  born  in 
Hartford,  August  9,  1869  ;  Arthur  L.,  born  in  Hartford, 
March  3,  1872 ;  and  Mattie  C,  born  in  Sumner, 
December  8.  1873. 

9Sabrina  R.  Bryant,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,    was  born  April  2,   1838,   and  was 


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married  July  21,  1859,  to  John  H.  Robinson.  He  is  a 
farmer,  a  Republican,  and  an  Universalist,  and  was  born 
in  Sumner,  March  25,  1838.  They  have  had  four 
children,  all  born  in  Sumner:  10H.enry  M.,  born 
December  16,  1860;  Sophia  H.,  born  August  31,  1866; 
Leonard  C,  born  April  27,  1873;  and  John  P.,  born 
October  13,  1879. 

8SOPHRONIA  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Sophronia  Robinson,  daughter  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  October  12,  1804,  and  died  August 
6,  1873.  She  was  married  to  Bacheus  Stephens,  who 
was  born  in  Sumner,  June  14,  1801,  and  died  November 
1,  1864.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  Republican,  a  Mason,  and 
a  Baptist.  They  had  five  children,  all  born  in  Sumner : 
Phoebe  C,  born  May  5,  1822,  died  February  15,  1825  ; 
Phoebe  C.  2d;  Thomas  J.;  Bathsheba  J.  H.;  and 
Roscoe  G.,  born  February  10,  1842,  died  November 
15,  1861. 

9Phoebe  C.  Stephens,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  November  27,  1826,  and 
died  January  10,  1868.  She  was  married  by  Rev. 
Manasseh  Lawrence,  to  Nabum  Moore,  October  27, 
1847.  Mr.  Moore  was  born  in  Sumner,  April  2,  1824. 
He  has  been  a  farmer,  a  merchant,  and  a  R.  R.  conduc- 
tor. He  has  ever  been  a  true  Republican.  They  had 
four  children  :  George  H,,  born  in  Sumner,  December 
26,  1848;  John  E.;  Eugene  H.,  born  in  Abington, 
Mass.,  December  20,  1852,  died  October  24,  1854;  and 
Charles  S.,  born  in  Abington,  January  4,  1855,  died 
September  24,  1872. 


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10 John  E.  Moore,  a  clerk  and  a  Republican,  was  born 
in  Dover,  N.  H.,  September  15,  1850.  He  was  married, 
June  17,  1871,  to  Sarah  E.  Atwood,  who  was  born  in 
Buckfield.  They  have  had  five  children :  "Charles 
N.,  born  in  Portland,  May  4,  1872;  Emily  M  ,  born  in 
Buckfield,  February  17,  1875 ;  Sarah  P.,  born  in 
Auburn,  December  6,  1877;  Bessie  L.,  born  in  Deering, 
May  16,  1882  ;  and  Ethel  H.,  born  in  Buckfield,  April 
7,   1884. 

9Thomas  J.  Stephens,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  December  9,  1828.  He  is  a  farmer, 
a  Republican,  a  Mason,  and  has  faith  in  the  Advent 
doctrine.  May  1,  1853  he  was  married  by  Rev.  Manas- 
seh  Lawrence,  to  Emeline  W.  Ricker,  who  was  born  in 
Hartford,  November  15,  1832.  They  have  had  five 
children,  all  born  in  Sumner:  10Mary  E.,  born  March  5, 
1854,  was  married  to  Henry  C.  Field,  July  2,  1876.  He 
was  born  in  Sumner,  January  7,  1850.  They  had  one 
child,  "Percy  C,  born  March  16,  1878  ;  Esther  M.,  born 
August  26,  1856,  died  April  27,  1858;  Sarah  R.,  born 
June  7,  1860,  died  April  19,  1867  ;  Roscoe  G.,  born  July 
31,  1866,  was  married  in  1886,  to  Nellie  W.  Russell. 
They  have  had  one  child,  Carl  M. ;  Stella  A.,  born 
August  17,  1868,  died  April  13,  1871  ;  and  Mabel  A., 
an  adopted  daughter,  born  in  Stoneham,  Mass  ,  January 
3,  1875. 

9Bathsheba  J.  H.  Stephens,  granddaughter  of 
Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  April  13,  1834, 
and  died  June  19,  1866.  She  was  married  to  Daniel  B. 
Bonney,  who  was  born  in  Sumner,  April  1,  1824,  and 
died   October  14,   1878.     They  had  three  children,   all 


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born  in  Sumner  :    Herbert  E.,  and  the  twins,  Fred  W. 
and  Frank  W . 

10Herbert  E.  Bonney,  born  December  3,  1854,  was 
married  to  Emma  F.  Bonney,  October  5,  1878.  She  was 
born  in  Buckfield,  August  19,  1857.  They  have  had  one 
child,  uMary  A.,  born  in  Hartford,  August  30,  1881. 
Fred  W.  Bonney,  born  March  5,  1857,  was  married, 
January  1,  1880,  to  Carrie  M.  Keen,  who  was  born  in 
Buckfield,  April  15,  1862.  They  have  had  one  child, 
Ida  M.,  born  in  Buckfield,  July  26,  1880.  Frank  W. 
Bonney,  born  March  5,  1857,  was  married,  March  9, 
1884,  to  Ellen  M.  Hewett,  who  was  born  in  South 
Livermore,  January  22,  1863.  They  have  had  two 
children,  who  were  born  in  Hartford  :  Crystal  C,  born 
March  26,  1885,  and  Wilbur  F.,  born  November  26,  1886. 


sLITONIA  ROBINSON    BRANCH. 

Livonia  Robinson,  daughter  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  January  2,  1807,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  1875.  She  was  married,  January  16,  1831,  to 
Samuel  Palmer,  a  farmer  in  East  Sumner,  who  was  born 
in  Cornville,  August  15,  1805,  and  died  June  14,  1886. 
They  had  three  children  :  Daniel  R.,  born  October  10, 
1832,  died  June  25,  1837;  Emily  D.,  born  August  8, 
1835,  died  June  28,  1837  ;  and  Daniel  R.  2d,  born  July 
7,  1838. 

9Daniel  R.  Palmer,  a  farmer  and  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  of  the  Republic,  is  Noble  Commander  of  the 
Golden  Cross.     May  19,  1859  he  was  married  to  Frances 


122  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

E,  Field.  They  have  had  four  children :  10Fred  S.,  a 
mechanic  and  carpenter,  born  November  12,  1861.  He 
belongs  to  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Golden 
Cross  ;  Winnie  E.,  a  member  of  the  Golden  Cross,  born 
May  30,  1864  ;  Joseph  F.,  a  carpenter  and  a  member  of 
the  Gfolden  Cross,  born  April  25,  1866  ;  and  Martha  J., 
born  October  25,  1870.  This  family  are  Republicans, 
Good  Templars,  and  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 


8ERVIN  ROBINSON    BRANCH. 

Ervin,  son  of  Asa  and  Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson, 
was  born  January  4,  1809.  He  is  a  farmer  and  resides 
at  North  Turner.  February  28,  1831  he  was  married  to 
Ann  H.  Tilson,  who  was  born  in  Hartford,  October  22, 
1803,  and  died  March  24,  1873.  They  had  five  children, 
all  born  in  Sumner:  Algernon  W.,  Asa,  Albion  W., 
Ann  H.,  and  Albert  E. 

9Algernon  W.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  September  11,  1832.  He 
was  married,  September  29,  1851,  to  Augusta  M.  Conant, 
who  was  born  in  Sumner,  November  16,  1833.  They 
had  one  child,  10Charles  S.  Robinson,  who  was  married 
to  Mrs.  Lizzie  Wilson,  May  25,  1883.  They  have  had 
three  children,  all  born  in  Medford,  Mass. :  "Augusta 
M.,  born  February  22,  1884;  Algernon  W.,  born 
February  1,  1886,  died  August  2,  1887 ;  and  a  son  born 
May  10,  1888. 

9Asa  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett  Rob- 
inson,  was  born    August  28,    1835.     He  was  married, 


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August  20,  1865,  to  Irene  K.  Hodgdon,  who  was  born  in 
Peru,  February  18,  1840. 

9Albion  W.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Eobinson,  was  born  July  14,  1837,  and  died  August  14, 
1882.  He  was  married,  January  4,  1857,  to  Vendramins 
Bosworth,  who  was  born  in  Hartford,  December  19,  1838, 
and  died  January  22,  1862.  His  second  wife  was  Mary 
A.  Heald,  to  whom  he  was  married  June  1,  1866.  She 
was  born  in  Sumner,  July  20,  1840.  By  his  second  wife 
he  had  one  child,  Lillie  E.,  born  in  Sumner,  June  5, 
1869.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  also  one  child,  10  Albion- 
Lincoln  Robinson,  who  was  born  in  Sumner,  July  1, 
1861,  and  married  to  Betsey  A.  Mitchell,  May  14,  1881. 
She  was  born  in  Etna,  Me.,  June  5,  1860.  They  have 
had  one  child,  "Harry  E.,  born  in  Poxboro',  July  1, 
1882.  Four  years  ago  Mr.  Robinson  moved  from  Foxboro' 
and  settled  in  Turner,  Me.  He  is  an  engineer  in  C.  F. 
Willard's  box  shop. 

9 Ann  H.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  November  29,  1843.  She 
was  married  to  John  L.  Hodgdon,  May  26,  1872.  He 
was  born  in  Peru,  February  20,  1845.  They  have  had 
one  child,  10Ralph  L.,  born  in  Sumner,  August  27,  1878. 

9 Albert  E.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  July  6,  1851.  He  was  married  July, 
1874,  to  Eveline  F.  Russell,  who  was  born  in  Sumner, 
March  24,  1854.  They  have  had  one  child,  10Maud  E., 
born  in  Hebron,  November  26,  1882. 


124  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 


8SUSANNA  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Susanna  Robinson,  daughter  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  March  31,  1811,  and  was  married, 
January  1,  1832,  to  Ira  Palmer,  a  farmer  in  East  Sumner, 
who  was  born  February  18,  1807.  They  had  twelve 
children  :  Horace  S.,  born  October  15,  1832,  died  Decem- 
ber 20,  1837  ;  Betsey,  born  August  9,  1834,  died  Decem- 
ber 19,  1837;  Ira,  Jr.,  born  November  17,  1836  ;  Horace 
S.,  2d,  born  April  24, 1839,  died  March  8,  1842;  Betsey,  2d, 
born  March  21,  1841,  was  married  to  Asia  Ricker,  1873. 
They  have  had  no  children  ;  Lucy  C,  born  July  22, 
1843,  died  February  15,  1875 ;  Lucius  R.,  a  machin- 
ist, born  July  16, 1845,  died  November  7,  1884.  His  first 
wife  was  Emma  Hall,  to  whom  he  was  married  October 

13,  1869.  His  second  wife  was  Emma  Ladd.  They 
were  married  February  6,  1884  ;  Horace  S.,  3d,  born  July 
9,  1848.  He  is  a  farmer.  He  was  married  to  Ella  F. 
Ellis,  December  24,  1870.  They  have  had  one  child, 
Roy  Bertram  ;   Dana  B.,  a  machinist,   born  December 

14,  1851,  and  married  to  Clara  Lockwood.  No  children; 
Charles  H.,  born  March  15,  1853,  died  May  3,  1853  ; 
Susanna,  born  February  15,  1855,  lived  five  days  ;  and 
Lester  F.,  born  May  1857,  died  March  28,  1862. 

9Ira  Palmer,  Jr.,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  and  a  farmer,  was  born  November  17,  1836, 
and  married  to  Harriet  Hurlin,  June  13,  1863.  They 
have  had  three  children:  Frank  W. ;  Arthur  L.,  a 
clerk,  born  July  3,  1869  ;  and  L.  Gertrude,  born  Janu- 
ary 15,  1871. 


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10Pkank  W.  Palmer,  a  mechanic,  born  February  13, 
1866,  was  married  to  Sadie  D.  Bonney,  July  26,  1884. 
She  was  born  July  9,  1866.  They  have  had  two  children : 
"Howard  S.  Palmer,  born  January  13,  1885 ;  and 
Bessie,  born  September  16,  1887. 

8DANIEL  BARTLETT  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Daniel  Bartlett  Robinson,  son  of  Asa  and  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Sumner,  March  26,  1815, 
and  died  December  2,  1886,  aged  nearly  72  years.  He 
was  a  farmer,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  April  20, 
1840  he  was  married  to  Roana  Cary  Ricker  of  Hartford, 
at  East  Sumner  Baptist  church  by  Rev.  Manasseh 
Lawrence.  They  had  five  children,  all  born  in  Sumner  : 
Henry  T.,  born  May  25,  1842,  died  September  27,  1843 ; 
James  B.;  Henrietta  R.;  Henry  T.  2d,  born  August  1, 
1854,  died  March  28,  1857  ;   and  Elizabeth  R. 

9Dr.  J.  Blake  Robinson,  grandson  of  Asa  and 
Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Sumner,  Me., 
March  16,  1844.  He  was  educated  at  the  common  and 
High  schools  and  Hebron  Academy ;  enlisted  in  the  U. 
S.  Navy  in  1864  and  served  till  the  close  of  the  war  ; 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  J.  H.  Barrows  of  Gardiner, 
Me.;  attended  medical  lectures  at  Bowdoin  College  and 
New  York  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  receiving  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  latter  in  1869  ;  commenced 
practice  in  Gardiner,  but  subsequently  moved  to  New 
York  city  where  he  practiced  several  years.  He  was 
appointed  lecturer  in  N.  Y.  Homoeopathic  Medical 
College  and  in  the  Women's  College,  and  physician  to 


126  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

Hahnemann  Hospital  and  to  Chapin  Home.  He  is 
unmarried,  is  a  Republican,  and  attends  the  Episcopa- 
lian church.  Dr.  Robinson  possesses  talents  of  a  high 
order  and  has  made  his  mark  in  the  medical  profession. 

Henrietta  R.  Robinson,  sister  of  Dr.  Robinson,  was 
born  May  2,  1849.  She  was  educated  at  the  common 
and  High  schools  and  at  Hebron  Academy.  May  12, 
1866  she  was  married  to  Alvan  S.  Robinson,  son  of 
Adoniram  Judson  Robinson,  by  Rev.  Allen  Barrows. 
They  have  resided  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  for  some  twenty 
years.  They  have  no  children.  Mrs  R.  is  a  Baptist. 
Her  husband  is  a  Republican. 

9Elizabeth  Rickek  Robinson,  sister  of  Dr.  Robin- 
son, was  born  April  4,  1859.  She  was  educated  at  the 
High  school  and  Hebron  Academy.  January  20,  1883 
she  was  married  by  Rev.  James  McWhinnie  to  Walter 
Franklin  Robinson,  son  of  Benjamin  Franklin  Robinson. 
Mrs.  R.  is  a  Baptist  and  her  husband  is  an  Episcopalian. 
They  have  had  two  children,  10Helen  Franklin 
Robinson,  born  July  11,  1885,  and  Shirley  Robinson, 
born  July  5,  1888. 

^ADONIRAM  J.    ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Adoniram  J.  Robinson,  son  of  Asa  and  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  November  2,  1817.  He  is  a 
farmer,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist,  and  resides  in  East 
Sumner.  November  30,  1837,  he  was  married  to  Abigail 
Bonney,  who  was  born  in  Sumner,  July  1,  1814.  They 
had  ten  children,  all  born  in  Hartford  except  the  oldest : 
Elizabeth,   born  in  East  Sumner,  November  30,   1838, 


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died  the  next  day  ;  Sarah  E. ;  Alvan  S. ;  George  D.  B.; 
born  August  7,  1844,  died  in  Florida,  May  2,  1862 ; 
Mary  K.;  Rosanna  ;  Adoniram  ;  Asa;  Abbie  F.;  and 
Amanda,  married  to  Henry  F.  Bifley. 

9Sarah  E.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  May  10,  1839,  and  died  in 
Sumner  March  27>  1884.  She  was  married  to  Sidney  S. 
Monk,  July  21,  1860.  They  had  ten  children,  all  born 
in  Sumner  :  Elfreder  E.,  born  May  19, 1861 ;  Georgianna, 
who  was  married  to  Carroll  Morrill ;  Katie  L.,  born  June 
7,  1864 ;  Alice  G.  ;  Hattie  L.,  who  was  married  to  Wm. 
H.  Wheeler,  April  19,  1884.  He  was  born  in  Derby,  Vt., 
December  31,  1849.  They  have  had  two  children  :  Nor- 
man E.,  born  in  Lawrence  in  March  and  died  in  May 
1885,  and  Lola  N.,  born  in  Lowell  October  11,  1887  ; 
Ernest  L.,  born  December  5,  1871  ;  Alice  I.,  born  Janu- 
ary 29,  1875  ;  James  A.;  Inez  E  ,  born  March  11,  1880  ; 
and  Sadie  A.,  born  August  5,  1881. 

9Alvan  S.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  November  9,  1841.  He  is  a  carpen- 
ter and  house-builder  by  trade,  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  May  12,  1866  he  was  married  to  Henrietta  R. 
Robinson,  sister  of  Dr.  J.  Blake  Robinson.  She  was 
born  May  2,  1849.  They  have  resided  in  Lawrence  some 
twenty  years.     They  have  had  no  children. 

9Mary  K.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  April  17,  1846.  She  was 
married,  August  13,  1869,  to  James  A.  Barrows,  who 
was  born  in  East  Boston,  Mass.,  July  28,  1841.  He  is  a 
farmer,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  They  have  had 
two  children,  both  born  in  Peru  :  Abbie  A.,  born  March 


128  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

29,  1873,  and  10Alvan  S.  Barrows,  born  February  28, 
1875. 

9Rosanna  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Hartford,  and  died  in 
Paris,  Me.,  March  31,  1883.  She  was  married  July  5, 
1872,  to  Hiram  H.  Berry,  who  was  born  January  28, 
1843,  and  died  April  13,  1885.  He  was  a  merchant,  a 
Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  They  had  five  children,  all 
born  in  Sumner  except  the  youngest,  who  was  born  in 
Paris:  Rosa  M.,  born  April  25,  1875  ;  Edith  Gr.,  born 
May  12,  1876  ;  Hiram  P.,  born  January  20,  1879,  died 
February  29,  1880  ;  10Percy  Garfield,  born  June  11, 
1881  ;  Henrietta  R.,  born  September  3,  1882,  died 
March  14,  1884. 

9Asa  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett  Rob- 
inson, was  born  in  Hartford,  Me.  He  is  a  farmer  by 
occupation,  and  mechanic  by  trade.  He  believes  in  the 
Republican  party.  In  1879  he  was  married  to  Betsey  O. 
Benson,  who  was  born  in  Sumner.  They  have  had  six 
children,  all  born  in  Sumner  except  one:  10George  V., 
born  October  2,  1879  ;  Lucius,  born  April  10,  1881  ; 
Roscoe,  born  in  Hartford,  December  16,  1882  ;  Alta  B., 
born  April  26,  1884;  Victor,  born  June  1,  1886;  and 
Leslie,  born  May  18,  1887. 

9Abbie  F.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  March  29,  1857.  She  was 
married  to  Charles  H.  Berry,  July  28,  1873.  He  is  a 
farmer,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist,  and  was  born  in 
Paris,  September  4,  1846.  They  have  had  five  children, 
all  born  in  Hartford  :  Adoniram  J.,  born  August  9,  1874  ; 


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Herman  R.,  born  February  13,  1876;  Leroy  A.,  born 
January  16,  1879  ;  Leon  M.,  born  March  28,  1882;  and 
10Charles  H.,  Jr.,  born  May  14,  1885. 


8LUCIUS  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

Lucius  Robinson,  son  of  Margaret  Bartlett  Robinson, 
was  born  June  26,  1820.  He  resides  in  Foxboro',  Mass., 
and  is  a  farmer,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  August 
14,  1842  he  was  married  to  Ann  P.  Bonney,  who  was 
born  in  Peru,  Sept  3,  1818,  and  died  in  Foxboro',  August 
26,  1887.  They  had  four  children,  all  born  in  Hartford 
except  the  oldest,  who  was  born  in  East  Sumner  :  Julia, 
Alson  B.,  Maria  W.,  and  Flora  B.,  born  September  13, 
1859. 

9Julia  A.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  June  27,  1846.  She  was 
married  to  Edward  Payson,  July  2,  1868.  He  was  born 
in  Foxboro',  September  2,  1844,  and  is  a  mechanic,  a 
Republican,  and  a  Baptist.  They  have  had  one  child, 
10George  E.,  born  in  Cambridgeport,  February  21,  1870. 

9Alson  B.  Robinson,  grandson  of  Margaret  Bartlett 
Robinson,  was  born  May  2,  1849.  He  resides  in  Fox- 
boro', and  is  a  mechanic,  a  Republican,  and  a  Baptist. 
October  18,  1871  he  was  married  to  Helen  A.  Ripley, 
who  was  born  January  11,  1849,  and  died  January  26, 
1873.  Their  child,  10Fanny  E.,  was  born  January  20, 
1873.  He  was  married  to  Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Grover- Wash- 
burn, July  24,  1882.  She  was  born  in  Foxboro',  Octo- 
ber 7,  1842. 


130  BAKTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

9Maria  W.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  May  31,  1853.  She  was 
married,  November  15,  1876,  to  Erastus  W.  Pettee,  who 
is  a  mechanic,  and  was  born  in  Foxboro',  January  3, 
1855.  They  have  had  seven  children,  all  born  in  Fox- 
boro', Mass.:  10Gertrude  E.,  born  September  26,  1877  ; 
Fred  W.,  born  September  7,  1879 ;  Bertha  A.,  born 
May  9,  1881 ;  William  A. ,  born  October  7,  1882  ;  Bessie 
E.,  born  October  4,  1884  ;  Bernard  A.,  born  October  18, 
1886  ;  and  Alice  G.,  born  March  8,  1888. 


8GEORGE  D.  B.  ROBINSON  BRANCH. 

George  D.  B.  Robinson,  son  of  Asa  and  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  April  25,  1823,  and  died 
August  1,  1857.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  house-builder. 
He  believed  in  the  Whig  party  and  the  Baptist  church. 
August  22,  1847  he  was  married  to  Lydia  Briggs,  who 
was  born  in  Sumner,  December  29,  1823.  They  had 
three  children,  all  born  in  Newton  Center,  Mass. :  Ella 
L.;  George  F.,  born  November  28,  1851 ;  and  Annie  E., 
born  February  3,  1853. 

9Ella  L.  Robinson,  granddaughter  of  Margaret 
Bartlett  Robinson,  was  born  in  Newton  Center,  Mass., 
February  2,  1849.  She  was  married  to  George  Myers, 
December  25, 1872.  He  is  a  house-builder,  and  was  born 
in  Cropaud,  Prince  Edward  Island,  February  13,  1842. 
They  have  had  two  children,  both  born  in  Somerville, 
Mass.:  10Annie  A.,  born  August  1,  1875;  and  Bertha 
A.,  born  January  28,  1877. 


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7BETSEY  BARTLETT  DIVISION. 

Betsey  Bartlett,  daughter  of  John,  was  born  in  Pem- 
broke, Mass.,  March  11,  1782,  and  died  in  Hartford, 
October  8, 1872,  aged  90  years.  She  was  married,  March 
29,  1806,  to  Elisha  Stetson,  who  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
November  1,  1780,  and  died  at  Hartford,  May  10,  1866. 
They  both  belonged  to  the  Baptist  church.  Mr.  Stetson 
was  a  farmer  and  came  f  jom  a  good  family  in  Massachu- 
setts. They  had  five  children :  Lydia,  Elizabeth, 
Syrena,  Betsey  B.,  and  John  B.  They  were  all  born  in 
Hartford.  Lydia  was  born  December  20,  1806,  and  died 
in  Livermore,  December  8,  1881.  She  was  married  to 
George  Doten,  June  1,  1834.  They  had  no  children. 
Elizabeth  was  born  May  22,  1807,  and  is  still  living. 
She  has  never  married. 


8SYRENA   STETSON   BRANCH. 

Syrena  Stetson,  daughter  of  Elisha,  was  born  October 
18,  1809,  and  died  at  Canton,  May  13,  1882.  She  was 
married,  January  6,  1835,  to  Samuel  Kilbrith,  son  of 
Daniel.  He  was  a  shoe -maker  by  trade,  and  was  born 
in  Buxton,  Me.,  December  7,  1808.  They  had  three 
children:  Elizabeth  A.,  Cynthia  M.,  and  Lucius  L. 
All  were  born  in  Hartford.  9Elizabeth  A.  Kilbrith, 
born  September  19,  1837,  was  married,  May  3,  1856,  to 
America  B.  Benson,  who  was  born  in  Paris,  October  21, 
1832.  .Mr.  Benson  is  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  in 
Hartford,  and  owns  and  occupies  the  farm  upon  which 


182  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

our  great-grandfather,  John  Bartlett,  settled  in  1793. 
Mrs.  Benson  carries  on  the  millinery  business  at  Buck- 
field.  They  have  had  six  children,  all  of  whom  were 
born  in  Hartford:  Clarence,  John  M.,  Benjamin  Y., 
Sophia  H.,  Arthur  E.,  and  Stanley  M. 

10Cla hence  Benson,  born  January  31,  1858,  was 
married  in  Holbrook,  Mass.,  July  9,  1878,  to  Mattie  M. 
Decosta,  who  was  born  in  Stoughton,  Mass.,  May  10, 
1861.  Mr.  Benson  is  a  sole-leather  cutter  and  resides  in 
Brockton.  They  have  had  three  children  :  "Marshall 
N.,  born  in  Holbrook,  November  22,  1881 ;  Grade  F., 
born  in  North  Weymouth,  April  5,  1883  ;  and  Clytie  I., 
born  in  Brockton,  August  23,  1885.  John  M.  Benson,  a 
shoe-maker  at  North  Weymouth,  was  born  December 

19,  1861.  Benjamin  Y.  Benson,  a  farmer  in  Hartford, 
was  born  January  3,  1863.      He  was  married,  January 

20,  1887,  to  Lillian  M.  Irish,  who  was  born  in  Hartford, 
April  8,  1868.  Sophia  H.  Benson  was  born  May  1,  1868, 
Arthur  E.  Benson  was  born  February  27,  1873,  and 
Stanley  M.  Benson  was  born  August  16,  1875. 

9Cynthia  M.  Kilbrith,  born  July  12,  1839,  was  mar- 
ried to  Gilbert  Tilton,  May  30,  1858.  Mr.  Tilton  is  a 
carriage- maker  in  Bucklield.  They  have  had  two 
children:  Ardon  F.,  born  May  29,  1859,  in  Livermore, 
and  Gilbert  W.,  born  in  Sumner,  July  29, 1871.  10Ardon 
F.  Tilton,  a  carpenter  by  trade  but  now  Superintendent 
of  the  Buckfield  Creamery,  was  married  to  Camille  M. 
Pulsifer,  September  4, 1878.  They  have  had  two  children: 
"Charles  C,  born  in  Sumner,  April  9,  1880,  and 
Merton  E.,  born  in  Buckfield,  March  21,  1883.  9Lucius 
L.  Kilbreth,  a  farmer  in  South  Livermore,  was  born 


BAETLETT   MEMOEIALS.  133 

April  29,  1843.  He  was  married,  October  7,  1866,  to 
Clara  A.  Swan,  who  was  born  in  Hartford,  February  3, 
1846.  They  have  had  three  children,  all  born  in  Hartford: 
Estella  S.,  born  November  15,  1867,  and  married  to 
Abram  Marston,  March  2,  1885  ;  10Maueice  De  Witt, 
born  July  9,  1873  ;  and  Willie,  born  August  3,  1875. 

8BETSEY  B.  STETSON  BRANCH. 

Betsey  B.  Stetson,  daughter  of  Elisha,  was  born  July 
28,  1812,  and  died  January  25,  1854.  She  was  married 
by  Rev.  Walter  Foss,  May  19,  1833,  to  Hannibal 
Bisbee,  who  was  born  January  12,  1811,  and  died  March 
20,  1879.  The  descendants  of  this  family  are  strong 
Republicans  and  teetotalers.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bisbee  had 
eight  children:  L.  C.  Bisbee,  Mary  A.,  Huldah  R., 
Elisha  S.,  Hannibal,  Jr.,  William  H.,  Roland  E.,  born 
May  22,  1849,  died  May  21,  1885,  and  Betsey  S. 

9Capt.  L.  C.  Bisbee,  son  of  Hannibal,  was  born  June 
7,  1834.  He  served  35  months  in  the  war  of  the  Rebel- 
lion as  private,  1st  Lieutenant,  and  Captain  in  Co.  I,  16th 
Maine  Vols.  He  was  made  prisoner  at  Gettysburg 
where  nearly  the  whole  regiment  was  taken,  it  being 
detached  from  the  division  and  ordered  to  hold  a  certain 
position  as  long  as  a  man  was  left.  He  was  confined  in 
Libby  prison  ten  months,  then  in  Danville,  Macon, 
Savannah,  Charleston,  and  Columbia,  and  exchanged  at 
Wilmington,  March  1,  1865.  Capt.  Bisbee  was  a  brave 
soldier  and  an  efficient  officer.  He  is  now  a  very  able 
and  prosperous  contractor,  and  builds  dwellings,  business 
blocks,   school-houses,  flour  mills,  and  grain  elevators, 


134  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

often  employing  over  one  hundred  men.  He  resides  at 
2929  Washington  avenue,  North,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
His  family  are  Baptists  and  he  belongs  to  the  order  of 
Masons.  April  15,  1855  he  was  married  to  Martha  Brett 
Staples,  who  was  born  June  6,  1835.  They  have  had 
five  children:  Luella  M.;  Llewellyn  M. ;  James  A., 
born  September  29,  1860,  died  July  31,  1871  ;  Ansel  S., 
born  October  18,  1868;  and  Dellie  V.,  born  April 
12,  1874. 

10Luella  M.  Bisbee,  born  May  27,  1856,  was  married 
to  William  A.  Petreen,  September  4, 1876.  Mr.  Petreen 
is  a  Presbyterian  and  is  very  prominent  in  the  Christian 
Workers  Mission  in  the  city  of  Minneapolis.  They  have 
had  four  children  :  Mirriam  V.,  born  June  12,  1878 ; 
Ethel  M.,  born  October  30,  1880;  "Richard  B.,  born 
July  9,  1882  ;   and  Florence  M.,  born  April  26,  1886. 

10Llewellyn  M.  Bisbee,  born  July  14,  1857,  was 
married  to  Lillias  M.  Hall,  November  23,  1877.  She  was 
born  April  13,  1857.  They  have  had  one  child,  "Fred 
W.  Bisbee,  who  was  born  November  20,  1879. 

9Mary  A.  Bisbee,  daughter  of  Hannibal,  was  born 
November  20,  1836.  She  was  married,  October  3,  1860, 
to  Charles  C.  Pratt,  who  was  born  September  9,  1835. 
This  family  are  Free  Baptists.  They  have  had  two 
children  :  Frank,  born  January  15, 1863,  died  December 
10,1879;  and  Herbert  M.,  born  May  27,  1868,  died 
June  17,  1868. 

9Huldah  R.  Bisbee,  daughter  of  Hannibal,  was  born 
December  23,  1838.  She  was  married  to  William  Har- 
low, November  20,  1860.  He  was  born  May  30,  1834. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  and  was  in 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  135 

the  18th  Maine  Regiment.  They  have  had  two  children  : 
10Elisha  B.,  born  November  20,  1866;  and  Annie  L., 
born  March  24,  1874,  died  June  7,  1887. 

9Elisha  S.  Bisbee,  son  of  Hannibal,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1841.  He  was  a  gallant  soldier.  He  enlisted 
and  served  his  time  in  the  1st  Maine  three  months  Regi- 
ment ;  commissioned  as  1st  Lieutenant  in  Co.  F,  9th 
Maine  ;  promoted  to  Captain  in  the  same  company  ;  was 
discharged  but  re  enlisted  as  a  veteran  in  the  4th  Maine 
Reg. ;  was  killed  at  a  charge  on  North  Anna  bridge,  May 
23,  1864,  while  leading  his  company  as  1st  Sergeant,  his 
company's  officers  having  all  been  killed  or  disabled. 

9Hannibal  Bisbee,  son  of  Hannibal,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 9,  1842,  and  died  January  25,  1879.  He  was  married 
to  Lucy  A.  Bicknell,  February  10,  1866.  She  was  born 
in  1843  and  died  December  26,  1872.  Mr.  Bisbee  served 
about  four  years  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Co.  G,  1st  Maine  Cavalry.  He  was  in  thirty 
engagements  and  was  never  off  duty  during  his  service. 
He  was  a  brave  and  gallant  soldier.  They  had  two 
children:  10Lucius  H.,  born  June  12,  1867;  and  Mary 
B.,  born  July  4,  1870,  died  December  9,  1872. 

9William  H.  Bisbee,  son  of  Hannibal,  was  born  July 
16,  1846.  He  was  married,  April  20,  1868,  to  Kate  Star- 
ritt,  who  was  born  May  12,  1847.  They  have  had  four 
children:  10GrEORGE  M.,  born  March  8,  1869  ;  Millie  C, 
born  December  26, 1870  ;  Albert  M.,  born  April  18, 1873  ; 
and  My r tie  S.,  born  September  28,  1880,  died  May  21, 
1885. 

9Betsey  S.  Bisbee,  daughter  of  Hannibal,  was  born 
February   1,    1852.     She   was  married    to   William    C. 


136  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

Haney,  July  3,  1868.  He  was  born  in  1848.  This 
family  are  Free  Baptists.  They  have  had  six  children  : 
10Ernest  H.,  born  March  14,  1870;  William  L.,  born 
April  23,  1873  ;  Alice  M.,  born  August  8,  1876  ;  Charles 
B.,  born  February  26,  1879  ;  Frank  B.,  born  July  25, 
1882  ;  and  Bessie  M.,  born  October  7,  1885. 

8JOHN  B.  STETSON  BRANCH. 

John  B,  Stetson,  son  of  Elisha,  was  born  November  6, 
1815,  and  died  in  Hartford,  March  28,  1887.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  belonged  to  the  Free  Baptist  church.  Jan- 
uary 1,  1841  he  was  married  to  Miranda  Childs,  who  was 
born  in  Liver  more,  January  7,  1818,  and  died  September 
23, 1883.  She  belonged  to  the  Methodist  church.  They 
had  six  children,  all  born  in  Hartford  :  Helen  S.,  born 
May  22,  1845;  Walter  H.,  born  January  18,  1848,  died 
May  28,  1864;  Lewis  C,  born  August  11,  1851;  Clara 
E.,  born  July  23, 1854  ;  Charles  M.,  born  April  16,  1857  ; 
and  Francelia,  who  is  unmarried  and  was  born  July  23, 
1860.  She  has  taught  school  nine  terms,  and  belongs  to 
the  Free  Baptist  church. 

9Helen  S.  Stetson,  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church,  was  an  excellent  scholar  and  taught  school 
seven  terms.  September  12,  1867  she  was  married,  at 
Fayette,  to  N.  Thomas,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  Hartford, 
December  22,  1843.  Mr.  Thomas  is  a  farmer  and  a 
member  of  the  Free  Baptist  church.  They  have  had  five 
children,  all  born  in  Hartford  :  10Humbert  C,  who  was 
born  July  30,  1868,  and  has  taught  school  one  winter  ; 
Walter    H.,   born  April  11,   1870 ;    Almira  M.,   born 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  137 

October  25,  1872;  Jennie  M.,  born  October  26,  1877; 
and  Nedella  C,  born  November  23,  1881.  Mrs.  Thomas 
has  part  of  a  dress,  the  cloth  of  which  her  great-grand- 
mother, Molly  Bonney,  spun  and  wove  before  she  went 
to  Maine,  and  a  looking  glass  she  carried  with  her. 

9Lewis  C.  Stetson  is  a  farmer  and  lives  on  the  old 
Stetson  place  in  Hartford.  April  6, 1879  he  was  married 
to  Martha  P.  Alley,  who  was  born  August  4, 1855.  They 
have  had  two  children  :  10Elisha  L.  Stetson,  born 
March  7,  1883  ;  and  Floyd  A.,  born  April  12,  1885. 
9Clara  E.  Stetson,  a  member  of  the  Free  Baptist 
church,  has  taught  school  ten  terms.  She  was  married 
to  Edward  K.  Butler  of  Auburn,  May  16, 1888.  9Charles 
M.  Stetson  lives  at  Mechanics  Falls,  and  is  engaged  in 
the  ice  business.  January  1,  1881  he  was  married  to 
Marie  L.  Ryerson,  who  was  a  teacher  and  born  in 
Boston,  April  2,  1858.  They  have  had  four  children : 
Gertrude  L.,  born  in  Auburn,  February  23, 1882  ;  10How- 
ard  C,  born  in  Auburn,  November  19,  1883;  Hattie 
B.,  born  in  Mechanics  Falls,  July  1,  1885  ;  and  Leary, 
born  in  Mechanics  Falls,  October  17,  1887. 


'JOHN  BAETLETT,  JR.,  DIVISION. 

John  Bartlett,  son  of  John,  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
Mass.,  November  25,  1784,  and  died  in  Hartford,  Me., 
September  12,  1874,  aged  nearly  90  years.  August  31, 
1812  he  was  married  to  Abigail  Proctor,  who  was  born 
August  31,  1789,  and  died  January  8,  1819.  His  second 
wife  was  Dorcas  H.   Kilbrith,  who  was  born  in  Buxton, 


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138  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

September  30,  1804,  and  died  in  Hartford,  June  21,  1871. 
Mr.  Bartlett  was  a  farmer  in  Hartford.  By  his  first  wife 
he  had  two  children :  Charles  P.  and  Abigail  P.  By  his 
second  wife  he  had  four  children  :  Lysander  ;  Phebe  S., 
born  November  26,  1826,  died  August  3,  1859.  She  was 
married  to  Samuel  McKenney,  October,  1847.  They 
had  one  child,  Adelbert  A.,  born  June  18,  1849  ;  John 
H.;  and  Lewis  C,  who  was  born  April  18,  1837,  and 
died  at  the  U.  S.  General  Hospital,  Philadelphia,  August 
19, 1864.  He  enlisted  August,  1861,  in  Co.  F,  Me.  Vols., 
and  re  enlisted  March  1864.  He  was  married  to  Hannah 
M.  Mendal,  March,  1864. 


8CHARLES  P.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Rev.  Charles  Proctor  Bartlett,  son  of  John  Bartlett, 
Jr.,  was  born  in  Hartford,  Me.,  May  29,  1813.  After 
much  urging  I  have  prevailed  upon  Mr.  Bartlett  to  write 
a  sketch  of  his  life  which  he  has  consented  to  have  pub- 
lished.    It  is  as  follows  : 

"Mr.  Hiram  B.  Lawrence, 

My  dear  Cousin,— The  following  sketch  of  my  life, 
written  by  your  request,  but  with  no  view  to  publica- 
tion, or  publicity  of  any  kind,  I  herewith  forward  to 
you,  with  my  sincerest  regards  for  yourself,  as  a  worthy 
son  of  a  noble  mother,  a  dear  relative  of  mine,  whose 
memory  I  fondly  cherish,  hoping  to  meet  her,  with  all 
her  loved  ones,  in  the  blest  mansions  of  the  righteous  in 
heaven.  I  have  dwelt  mainly  upon  that  portion  of  my 
life,  that  has  been  devoted  to  the  Gospel  ministry,  which 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  139 

I  regard  as  my  life-worlc.  Apart  from  what  I  have  done, 
or  endeavored  to  do,  with  the  view  to  promote  the 
interests  of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom,  and  the  spiritual 
welfare  of  my  fellow-men,  there  is  little  in  my  history, 
worthy  of  especial  notice. 

"I  was  born,  May  29,  1813,  in  Hartford,  Me.  The 
names  of  my  parents  were  John  and  Abigail.  The  most 
impressive  scene  of  my  childhood  was  the  death  of  my 
dear  mother,  who  exchanged  an  earthly  home  for  an 
heavenly,  on  the  8th  of  January,  1819,  a  few  months 
before  I  was  six  years  of  age.  To  me,  at  the  time,  it 
was  a  very  sad  event,  as  I  most  distinctly  remember  ;  and 
the  recollection  of  it  has  been,  as  it  were,  the  shadow 
upon  my  life  ever  since. 

"My  time,  during  minority,  was  mainly  occupied  in 
farm-work  on  the  old  homestead  in  my  native  town. 
Between  the  ages  of  twelve  and  twenty- one,  but  little 
respite  was  granted  me  from  the  daily  routine  of  agri- 
cultural life.  Before  completing  my  sixteenth  year,  I 
became,  as  I  trust,  a  subject  of  renewing  grace,  and  since 
that  time  have  cherished  hope  in  the  pardoning  mercy 
of  Grod.  In  the  month  of  March,  1835,  I  was  baptized, 
by  the  Rev.  Daniel  Bartlett,  into  the  fellowship  of  the 
Baptist  church  in  China. 

"In  the  fall  of  1836  I  entered  Waterville  College,  but 
on  account  of  feeble  health  and  lack  of  funds,  I  remained 
only  a  part  of  one  year.  After  leaving  college  I  engaged 
in  teaching  and  business  pursuits,  as  health  permitted, 
until  yielding  to  convictions  of  duty,  which  had  followed 
me  several  years,  I  decided  to  devote  the  rest  of  my  life, 
or  so  much  of  it  as  the  Lord  might  seem  to  require,  to 


140  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

the  work  of  the  Christian  ministry.  Having  obtained 
license  from  the  First  Baptist  church  in  Rockland,  of 
which  I  was  then  a  member,  I  entered  at  once  upon  the 
work. 

"My  first  attempt  at  preaching  was  in  the  town  of 
Friendship,  early  in  September,  1842  ;  and  on  the  5th 
day  of  April,  1843,  I  received  ordination  at  the  hands  of 
an  Ecclesiastical  Council  convened  for  that  purpose. 
With  the  Baptist  church  in  Friendship  and  the  one  in 
Cushing,  an  adjoining  town,  I  labored  three  years, 
preaching  on  alternate  Sabbaths  in  those  towns  respec- 
tively. 

"Early  in  January,  1846,  I  moved  to  St.  George, 
having  accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  First 
Baptist  church  of  that  town.  In  less  than  three  months 
from  the  date  of  this  settlement,  I  experienced  the  great 
affliction  of  my  life.  My  beloved  wife  was  suddenly 
taken  from  me  by  death.  It  was  a  terrible  blow.  Thus 
bereft  of  the  companion  of  my  youth,  among  compara- 
tive strangers,  with  two  little  children  to  care  for,  the 
youngest  less  than  three  weeks  old,  it  did  seem,  for  a 
time,  that  I  must  sink  under  the  load.  My  fears  how- 
ever proved  groundless.  He,  whom  I  served,  soon  came 
to  my  help.  His  arm  sustained  me,  and  I  was  made  to 
feel  that  though  He  had  most  deeply  afflicted  me,  He 
was  still  my  friend  and  support.  But  even  with  this 
comforting  assurance,  I  could  not  be  contented  to  long 
remain  where  my  dearest  earthly  prospects  had  been  so 
sadly  blighted,  and  with  so  much  to  remind  me  of  the 
loss  I  had  sustained. 

"Accordingly  in  the  spring  of  1847,  I  resigned  my 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  141 

charge  in  St.  George,  and  accepted  a  call  from  the 
Baptist  church  in  Corinth  to  become  their  pastor.  With 
this  church  I  labored  continuously  for  eleven  years,  or 
till  the  close  of  April,  1858,  when  by  reason  of  overwork, 
I  felt  compelled,  contrary  to  the  wishes  of  the  people, 
and  my  own,  to  seek  a  change.  On  the  first  Sabbath  in 
May  of  that  year  (1858),  I  took  the  pastoral  oversight 
of  the  First  Baptist  church  in  Sedgwick,  hoping  that  a 
residence  on  the  sea-board  might  serve  to  recuperate  my 
jaded  energies.  The  hope  was  not  a  vain  one.  Bene- 
ficial results  were  soon  apparent.  Under  the  influence 
of  a  bracing  atmosphere  my  drooping  spirits  speedily 
revived,  and  I  seemed  inspired  with  new  life  and  vigor, 
which,  with  the  marked  cordiality  of  the  people  and 
their  hearty  co-operation  with  me  in  my  work,  induced 
me  to  think  that  Sedgwick  might  be  my  home  and  field 
of  labor  for  several  years  to  come.  Meanwhile,  the 
church  in  Corinth,  which  still  lay  near  my  heart, 
remained  pastorless.  They  had  made  strenuous  efforts 
to  obtain  a  man  to  their  liking,  but  without  success.  At 
length,  disheartened  by  their  repeated  failures,  and 
threatened  moreover  with  divisions  among  themselves, 
they  unitedly  addressed  to  me  an  appeal  to  return  to 
them  at  the  close  of  my  present  engagement  with  the 
Sedgwick  people,  alleging  that  on  my  decision  depended 
largely  their  welfare,  if  not  their  existence,  as  a  Christian 
church.  I  could  not  well  resist  the  appeal.  Conse- 
quently, May  1,  1859  I  again  became  their  pastor,  with 
the  understanding  that  I  should  remain  with  them,  at 
least,  five  years.     The  five  years  proved  to  be  six. 


142  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

"May  1,  1865  I  entered  upon  the  pastorate  of  the 
Baptist  church  at  Cape  Neddick  in  the  town  of  York, 
situated  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  state.  At  the 
close  of  two  years'  service  at  the  Cape,  I  responded  to 
an  urgent  call  to  return  to  my  former  charge  in  Sedg- 
wick. 

''Accordingly  the  first  Sabbath  in  May,  1867,  found 
me  on  the  field  of  labor  from  which,  just  eight  years 
before,  I  had  somewhat  reluctantly  retired.  My  second 
term  of  service  in  Sedgwick  continued  until  May  1, 1880, 
when  I  resigned  the  pastoral  care  of  the  church,  but 
continued  to  labor  with  them,  as  stated  supply,  seven 
months  longer,  when  my  successor  took  charge,  thus 
relieving  me  from  further  responsibility  and  care.  It 
was  indeed  a  relief.  The  field  was  a  large  one,  embrac- 
ing two  small  villages  three  miles  apart,  and  a  wide 
extent  of  rural  territory  besides. 

"On  this  wide  field  I  had  labored  incessantly — I  might 
say  excessively — for  upwards  of  thirteen  consecutive 
years,  with  no  vacations,  unless  two  instances  of  severe 
sickness  be  reckoned  as  such,  which  the  Lord  suffered  to 
come  upon  me,  perhaps  as  a  rebuke  for  my  temerity. 
During  those  years  upwards  of  two  hundred  persons  had 
been  added,  mostly  by  baptism,  to  the  church,  so  that 
enrolled  'on  its  records  were  the  names  of  almost  three 
hundred  members  regarded  as  in  good  and  regular  stand- 
ing. So  large  a  membership,  scattered  over  a  wide 
extent  of  territory,  demanded,  on  the  part  of  the  pastor, 
an  amount  of  time  and  labor  correspondingly  large. 
This  demand  I  was  no  longer  able  to  meet.  I  had  over- 
worked, and  must  have  rest. 


BAETLETT   MEMOEIALS.  143 

"Besides,  when  my  successor  came  upon  the  held  in 
the  fall  of  1880,  I  was  well  advanced  in  my  sixty-eighth 
year,  a  time  of  life  when  one  can  hardly  be  expected  to 
perform  a  very  large  amount  of  hard  work.  All  things 
considered,  I  regarded  my  life-work  as  virtually  done. 
For  a  period  of  time  bordering  hard  upon  forty  years,  I 
had  endeavored,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  to  preach  the 
gospel  of  Jesus  both  publicly  and  from  house  to  house. 
During  all  that  time  I  had  been  constantly  engaged  in 
the  Master's  service,  and  with  the  exception  of  a  very 
few  months,  had  held  the  relation  of  pastor  to  some 
church.  Regarding,  therefore,  my  age  and  worn  condi- 
tion, it  is  by  no  means  strange,  that  I  should  have  felt 
no  more  work  was  required  of  me  by  the  Great  Head  of 
the  church.  And  when,  in  the  early  summer  of  1881,  I 
moved  to  Deering,  I  even  supposed  that  my  public 
labors,  as  a  Christian  minister,  were  at  an  end.  But 
this  conclusion  was  somewhat  premature.  I  have 
preached,  more  or  less,  since  that  time.  In  1886,  after 
returning  to  Sedgwick,  during  a  break  in  the  pastorate, 
I  supplied  the  church  regularly  for  seven  months  ;  and 
since  then  have  occupied  the  pulpit  as  occasion  required. 

"As  to  the  character  and  fruits  of  my  ministry,  I 
would  say  that  it  has  been  my  constant  aim  to  '  hold 
forth  the  word  of  life' ;  exhibiting  the  truth  as  it  is  in 
Jesus.  Believing,  as  I  most  firmly  do,  that  the  Bible  is 
God's  own  word,  and  the  one  standard  of  faith  and 
duty,  I  have  uniformly  endeavored  in  all  my  labors  to 
keep  to  its  teachings  as  closely  as  possible.  A  '  Thus 
saith  the  Lord'  has  ever  been  to  me  an  end  of  all 
questioning. 


144  BARTLETT  MEMOEIALS. 

"As  to  success  in  my  work,  some  assurance  is  given 
me  that  I  have  not  lived  and  labored  wholly  in  vain. 
Entering  the  ministry  under  many  disadvantages,  it  was 
with  much  fear  and  trembling  that  I  assumed  its  onerous 
and  responsible  duties.  Under  the  circumstances,  it 
seemed  to  me  hardly  possible  that  even  a  small  degree 
of  success  could  attend  my  efforts.  But  the  Lord  was 
better  to  me  than  all  my  fears.  From  first  to  last  He 
has  given  me  strength  according  to  my  needs.  In  all 
my  trials  and  labors,  in  every  emergency  and  season  of 
darkness  and  doubt,  He  has  wonderfully  sustained  me. 
His  grace  has  always  been  sufficient  for  me.  Nor  has 
He  wholly  withheld  His  blessing  from  my  feeble  efforts 
to  promote  the  interests  of  His  church  on  earth. 

"With  two  exceptions  the  churches  with  which  I  have 
labored  were  materially  enlarged  and  strengthened  by 
my  instrumentality.  And  the  two  excepted  churches 
gave  evidence  of  considerable  improvement  spiritually 
during  my  connection  with  them.  To  the  churches  in 
Friendship,  Cushing,  and  Corinth,  large  accessions  were 
made.  Of  the  church  in  Sedgwick  I  have  already 
spoken  somewhat  in  detail.  And  I  am  happy  in  being 
able  to  say  that  no  serious  troubles  ever  sprung  up  in 
any  of  the  churches  while  under  my  pastoral  care.  If 
I  have  reason  for  especial  gratitude  to  God  for  anything 
pertaining  to  my  ministry,  it  is  that  He  he  has  enabled 
me  to  keep  myself  from  collisions  with  the  people  of  my 
charge,  and  the  brethren  from  divisions  among  them- 
selves. 

"Both  justice  and  duty  require  that  I  should  here 
refer  to  the  precious  boon,  which  a  kind  heaven   has 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  145 

conferred  on  me,  in  the  person  of  my  present  companion 

in  life,  who,  for  much  the  longer  portion  of  my  ministry, 

has  been   my  fellow-laborer,   and  whose  counsels  and 

prayers  have  been  so  helpful  to  me  in  my  work.     A 

willing  sharer  in  all  my  trials,  ever  ready  to  hold  up  my 

hands  in  times  of  discouragement,  she  has  with  much 

self-sacrifice  heartily  co-operated  with  me  in  my  labors. 

Of  her,  as  of  her  name-sake  of  old,  it  may  be  truthfully 

said,  '  She  hath  done  what  she  could '. 

"In  conclusion  I  would  say  that  this  paper  has  been 

written   in  no  spirit  of  self-adulation,  for  I  realize  as 

fully  as  any  one  can  that  I  have  nothing  whereof  to 

boast — nothing  which  I  have  not  received.     Whatever  of 

success  may  have  attended  my  labors,  as  a  servant  of 

Christ,  must  be  attributed  to  the  effectual  workings  of 

divine  grace,  and  to  the  God  of  grace  must  be  ascribed 

all  the  praise. 

Charles  P.   Bartlett." 

"Sedgwick,  Me.,  Aug.  1,  1888." 

Rev.  Mr.  Bartlett  has  served  as  pastor  in  Friendship 
and  Cushing,  three  years ;  in  St.  George  one  year  and 
four  months ;  in  Corinth,  seventeen  years ;  in  Cape 
Neddick,  two  years  ;  in  Sedgwick,  fourteen  years,  and  as 
stated  supply  in  the  same  town,  one  year  and  two 
months.  Thus  it  appears  that  he  has  been  pastor  for 
nearly  forty  years,  besides  serving  as  occasional  supply 
to  several  of  the  above  mentioned  churches.  This  is  a 
record  which  only  a  few  pastors  have  made.  He  has 
abundant  reason  for  great  satisfaction  in  his  eminently 
successful  labors,  and  justly  have  his  people  revered  and 
loved  him. 


146  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

In  one  of  the  Bangor  papers,  in  the  spring  of  1859, 
appeared  the  following : 

"Baptist  Church  at  Corinth.  We  learn  that  Rev.  C. 
P.  Bartlett,  at  the  earnest  request  of  the  parish,  is  about 
to  return  to  take  charge  of  the  Baptist  church  at  East 
Corinth.  Mr.  Bartlett  had  been  connected  with  that 
church  upwards  of  ten  years,  which  he  was  compelled  to 
leave  last  summer  on  account  of  failing  health.  He  is 
not  only  an  able  and  educated  preacher,  but  possesses 
eminent  social  qualities,  and  this  church  and  the  com- 
munity generally  are  to  be  congratulated  on  his  return." 

The  following  was  published  in  York  county  paper  in 
March,  1867  : 

"Donation  visit  at  Cape  Neddick.     The  friends  of  the 

Rev.  Mr  Bartlett  of  Cape  Neddick,  made  him  a  visit  on 

the  evening  of  March  12th,  somewhat  unexpectedly,  and 

left  a  good  sum  of  money  considering   the  inclement 

state  of  the  weather  at  the  time.     The  visit  was  a  very 

pleasant  one,  spent  in  a  social  manner,  interspersed  with 

lively  music,  and  between  9  and  10  o'clock  the  party  left 

after    listening  to  some  appropriate    remarks,    and   a 

prayer,  from  their  pastor.     Mr.  Bartlett  leaves  this  field 

of  his  labor  in  a  month,  where  he  has  been  officiating  for 

the  last  two  years  in  a  very  acceptable  manner  to  the 

people    of   his    charge,    for    Sedgwick,   Hancock    Co., 

Maine.     The  people  there  will  obtain  a  good  preacher, 

and  a  gentleman  in  every  respect,    and  we   sincerely 

regret  to  part  with  him." 

Signed,  "G,  M.  P." 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  147 

Rev.  A.  R.  Crane,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church 
at  East  Winthrop,  Me.,  has  kindly  sent  me  the  follow- 
ing letter  : 

"Squirrel  Island,  Me.,  August,  1888. 

My  Dear  Sir, — I  just  begin  to  realize  what  a  rash 
thing  I  did  when  I  promised  to  write  something  about 
my  honored  friend,  the  Rev.  C.  P.  Bartlett,  during  the 
month  of  August,  the  season  of  the  year  when  I  am 
accustomed  to  take  my  annual  rest  at  the  sea-shore,  for 
I  have  never  been  able  to  do  any  literary  work  in  my 
summer  vacation.  I  will  however  redeem  my  promise 
though  I  am  aware  I  shall  do  it  very  imperfectly. 

"As  you  requested  me  to  give  my  impressions  of  Mr. 
Bartlett,  both  as  a  preacher  and  a  man,  I  will  attempt 
that  and  nothing  more— nothing  of  the  nature  of  a 
biographical  sketch  or  an  exhaustive  analysis  of  his 
character — only  the  impressions  I  received  of  him,  years 
ago,  during  a  brief  acquaintance,  at  a  single  sitting,  as 
painters  would  say.  Those  impressions  were  distinct,  at 
the  time,  for  our  relations  were  intimate  and  very 
pleasant,  he  being  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  and  I 
the  principal  of  the  Academy  in  the  beautiful  village  of 
East  Corinth,  Maine;  and  they  are  still  quite  distinct, 
scarcely  dimmed  by  the  lapse  of  more  than  thirty  years 
although  during  all  the  time  we  have  rarely  met. 

"Well  do  I  remember  the  first  time  I  saw  him  and 
how  he  impressed  me.  It  was  on  a  pleasant  Sabbath 
morning  in  September,  1856,  as  he  stood  before  his  con- 
gregation. He  was  apparently  about  forty  years  of  age, 
above  medium  height,  dressed  in  a  full  suit  of  black, 
with  a  high,  broad  forehead,  full  eyes,  noseapproximat- 


148  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

ing  the  Grecian  type,  and  with  a  very  expressive  counte- 
nance. He  stood  erect,  though  his  bearing  was  not  like 
that  of  a  soldier,  but  of  a  student  accustomed  to  bend 
over  his  books.  At  first  he  seemed  somewhat  diffident 
— and  this  was  uniformly  the  case  when  he  began  to 
speak—but  all  signs  of  embarrassment  disappeared  as 
he  led  his  flock  in  prayer ;  and  during  the  delivery  of 
his  sermon  his  mind  seemed  to  be  too  much  absorbed 
in  his  subject  to  allow  him  to  think  of  himself.  He 
spoke  with  ease  and  earnestness,  sometimes  eloquently, 
always  attractively,  and  held  the  undivided  attention  of 
his  auditors. 

"His  sermon  on  this  occasion,  which  I  distinctly 
remember,  may  be  taken  as  a  sample  of  all  I  heard  from 
him.  The  theme  of  his  discourse,  which  was  designed 
to  set  forth  the  Spirit's  work  in  regeneration,  was  clearly 
stated,  carefully  explained,  illumined  by  many  passages 
of  scripture  and  aptly  illustrated,  and  the  duties 
suggested  by  it  briefly  but  impressively  urged  upon  the 
attention  of  his  hearers.  His  language  was  simple,  his 
style  his  own,  and  the  entire  discourse  bore  the  impress 
of  his  own  personality.  It  never  occurred  to  me  that 
he  was  ambitious  to  preach  a  great  sermon,  nor  do  I 
remember  to  have  heard  from  him  a  poor  one.  He  was 
studious,  and  his  sermons  had  in  them  the  vital  element 
of  truth.  If  the  true  idea  of  preaching  is  to  expound 
the  word  of  God,  so  as  to  inform  the  minds,  quicken  the 
consciences  and  move  the  wills  of  men,  and  to  pursuade 
them  to  accept  Jesus  Christ  as  their  Saviour,  and  having 
accepted  him  to  honor  him  by  holy  living,  then  I  must 
regard  Brother  Bartlett  as  a  true,  faithful,  and  able 
preacher  of  the  gospel. 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  149 

"I  probably  saw  him  at  his  best.  He  was  in  his  prime 
— had  a  large  and  intelligent  church — they  were  wor- 
shiping in  a  new  and  elegant  house,  and  there  were 
manifest  tokens  of  the  presence  of  the  Spirit.  He  was 
himself  aroused,  and  preached  with  great  directness  and 
earnestness.  A  glorious  revival  followed  and  large 
numbers  were  added  to  his  church.  In  the  prayer 
meetings,  as  well  as  in  the  pulpit,  he  was  thoroughly  in 
earnest  and  perfectly  at  home,  and  exhibited  rare  tact 
and  wisdom  in  guiding  inquiries  to  a  knowledge  of  the 
way  of  life. 

"As  a  man  and  a  citizen  he  was  respected  and  beloved. 
Pure  in  his  life,  earnest  in  his  work,  strong  in  faith,  and 
possessing  a  genial  and  sympathetic  nature,  he  easily 
won  the  hearts  of  his  people  and  exerted  a  beneficent 
influence  in  the  community  in  which  he  lived.  Gold- 
smith's description  of  a  village  preacher, 

'A  man  was  he  to  all  the  country  dear, 
And  passing  rich  on  forty  pounds  a  year,' 
is  true  of  Bro.  Bartlett,  in  part  and  only  in  part,  for  his 
church  was  one  of  the  richest  in  rural  towns  and  gave 
him  a  good  support.  His  home  was  one  of  refinement — 
graced  by  one  of  the  noblest  of  women,  and  enlivened 
by  the  presence  of  a  bright  boy  and  a  lovely  girl — in 
which  the  members  of  his  flock  were  sure  of  a  cordial 
greeting  and  strangers  found  hospitable  entertainment. 

"This  is  not  an  eulogy,  for  Mr.  Bartlett  was  at  last 

accounts  living — Serus  in  caelum  redeat — but  a  tribute 

from  one  who  for  a  brief  season  sat  under  his  ministry, 

enjoying  his  companionship,   and  has  ever  since  felt 

himself  a  debtor  to  him. 

A.  R.  Crane." 


150  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

Our  honored  and  highly  esteemed  relative,  now  in  his 
seventy- sixth  year,  is  apparently  in  robust  health,  and 
although  he  withdrew  some  years  since  from  the  respon- 
sibilities and  arduous  duties  of  a  pastorate,  he  is  still  in 
great  demand  as  a  preacher,  being  able  to  ride  many 
miles  and  preach  two  sermons  on  the  Sabbath,  attend 
the  Sunday  school  and  lead  at  the  prayer  meeting  in  the 
evening.  Finally,  it  may  be  said:  Overcoming  great 
obstacles  in  early  life,  studious,  persevering  and  earnest, 
possessed  of  a  noble  heart  and  a  large  brain,  whether  in 
the  pulpit  or  elsewhere  giving  the  impression  of  reserved 
power,  and  faithfully,  heartily  and  successfully  doing 
his  Master's  service  for  some  forty  years,  he  may  justly 
and  truthfully  be  regarded  as  one  of  Nature's  noblemen. 

May  6,  1840  Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett  was  married  to 
Nancy  Harmon  Churchill,  who  was  born  in  Hartford, 
Me.,  May  9,  1816,  and  died  at  St.  George,  Me.,  March  18, 
1846.  His  second  wife,  still  living,  was  Mary  Ann 
French,  to  whom  he  was  married  October  14,  1847.  She 
was  born  in  Epping,  N.  H.,  March,  1813.  By  his  first 
wife  he  had  two  children  :  Charles  C.  and  N.  Maria. 

9Charles  C.  Bartlett,  son  of  Rev.  Charles  P. 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  Friendship,  Me.,  July  18,  1843. 
He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  Corinth 
Academy.  He  has  been  a  wholesale  grocer  in  Portland. 
He  belongs  to  the  order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  has  served 
several  years  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  Ancient  Brothers'  Lodge,  Portland.  January,  1885 
he  was  married  to  Sarah  A.  Smith,  who  was  born  in 
New  Sharon,  January  5,  1848.  She  was  educated  in  the 
public   schools  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Farmington 


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Normal  school,  and  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  Woodfords,  Me.  They  have  had  one  child, 
10Edee  Maria,  born  in  Deering,  October  2,  1885. 

9N.  Maria  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Rev.  Charles  P. 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  St.  George,  March  3,  1846.  She 
was  married,  November  11,  1875,  to  John  Moseley,  who 
was  born  in  England,  April  20,  1849.  They  have  had 
three  children,  all  born  in  Needham,  Mass.:  10Charles 
Bartlett,  born  March  27,  1877  ;  Willie  C,  born  March 
12,  1880;  and  Mary  Gr.,  born  April  2,  1886.  Mr.  Mose- 
ley is  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  hosiery  in  Needham. 
He  is  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  has  been  its 
treasurer  for  fourteen  years.  Mrs.  Moseley  was  educa- 
ted at  the  public  schools  and  Corinth  Academy,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church.  She  taught  one  year  at 
York,  Me.,  and  three  years  in  the  High  school  in  Need 
ham.  She  is  accomplished  in  music,  having  as  a  student 
and  teacher  devoted  much  time  to  that  branch  of  study. 


8ABIGAIL  P.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Abigail  P.  Bartlett,  daughter  of  John  Bartlett,  Jr., 
and  sister  of  Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett,  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, May  27, 1817,  and  was  married  to  Barnum  J.  Hines, 
March  20,  1842.  Her  second  husband  is  Eliphalet 
Davis,  to  whom  she  was  married  November  20,  1877. 
By  her  first  husband  she  had  three  children,  all  born  in 
Hartford :     Orman,  Eusebia,  and  Charles. 

9Orman  Hines,  born  September  6,  1843,  was  married 
to  Cynthia  E.  Young.     They  have  had  six  children  : 


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Emma  M.,  Ellsworth,  Lee,  Abbie,  Bertie  B.,  and 
Carl.  9Eusebia  Hikes,  born  October  29,  1846,  was 
married  to  William  W.  Gammon.  They  have  had  two 
children:  William  P.,  and  Edgar  H.  (deceased). 
9Charles  Hines,  born  March  31,  1852,  was  married  to 
Kate  Winslow.  They  have  had  four  children  :  Lena 
M.,  Orman  E.,  Eusebia,  and  Charles  B. 


8LYSANDER  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Ly sander  Bartlett,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  Jr.,  and  half 
brother  of  Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett,  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, May  2,  1822.  He  is  a  farmer  and  lives  on  the  farm 
on  which  his  father  lived  for  more  than  thirty  years,  and 
where  both  his  father  and  grandfather  died.  He  enlisted, 
September  21,  1861,  in  Co.  E,  10th  Me.  Vols.,  and  was 
discharged  January  19,  1862,  on  account  of  broken 
health.  He  is  a  pensioner,  and  is  loyal  to  the  Republi- 
can party.  October  28,  1847  he  was  married  to  Eunice 
W.,  daughter  of  Col.  Aaron  Parsons  of  Buckfield.  She 
was  born  May  14,  1827.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bartlett  are 
Baptists.  They  have  had  four  children,  all  born  in 
Hartford:  9  William  C.  Bartlett,  born  May  25,  1850, 
was  married,  September  26,  1877,  to  Sylphira  E.  Forbes, 
who  was  born  in  Buckfield,  October  12,  1849,  and  died 
November  29,  1877.  Mr.  Bartlett  is  a  carpenter  and  a 
farmer,  believes  in  the  Republican  party,  is  commander 
of  the  order  of  the  Golden  Cross,  located  at  Canton,  and 
is  a  reliable  and  energetic  man  ;  Gertrude  M.,  born 
April  17,  1857,  died  November  28,  1857  ;  9Prank  F., 
formerly  a  passenger  brakeman,  B.  and  A.  R.  R.,  but  ( 


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now  a  farmer  in  Hartford,  was  born  January  20,  1862. 
He  was  married,  March  7,  1885,  to  Blanch  A.  Abbott, 
who  was  born  in  Rumford,  November  3,  1864.     They 
have  had  one  child,  10Lillian  A.,  born  November  13  , 
1886  ;  and  Fred  C,  a  farmer,  born  February  5,  1867. 

8JOHN  H.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Rev.  John  H.  Bartlett,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  Jr.,  and 
half  brother  of  Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett,  was  born  in 
Hartford,  June  25,  1835.  He  was  a  farmer's  boy  and 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools.  In  early  life  he 
received  strong  religious  impressions,  and  December, 
1855  he  accepted  Christ  as  his  Saviour.  On  the  follow- 
ing June  he  was  baptized  by  Rev.  Gideon  Perkins,  and 
joined  the  Free  Baptist  church  in  Hartford.  In  1870  he 
was  licensed  to  preach.  May,  1873  he  commenced 
preaching  in  Temple.  June  30,  1874  he  received  ordina- 
tion at  the  Farmington  quarterly  meeting,  the  council 
consisting  of  the  following  elders  :  Revs.  Seth  Perkins, 
S.  P.  Morrill,  Wm.  Toothaker,  and  Cyrus  Campbell. 
Rev.  Mr.  Bartlett  has  been  pastor  over  churches  at 
Temple,  New  Portland,  New  Sharon,  Mt.  Vernon,  East 
Livermore,  Vienna,  North  Wilton,  Stark,  and  Farming  - 
ton  Falls.  January  28,  1859  he  was  married  to  Sarah  T. 
Olebham  of  Peru.  They  have  had  eight  children  :  Rose 
E.,  born  December  31,  1860,  was  married  to  E.  D.  Mor- 
rill, January  19,  1885.  They  have  had  two  children, 
both  deceased  ;  9Charles  C,  born  April  4,  1862  ;  Dana 
H.,  born  August  2,  1863,  was  married  to  Clara  Jeffers, 
February  7,  1888 ;    Abbie  H.,  born  April  1,  1865,  died 


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March  12,  1871 ;  Chester  P.,  bora  September  8,  1868 ; 
Anna  M.,  born  June  30,  1874;  Mary  A.,  born  Decern 
ber  2,  1875 ;  and  Bertie  A.,  born  January  10,  1877. 
Rev.  Mr.  Bartlett  is  at  present  settled  over  the  Free 
Baptist  church  at  Farmington  Falls  where  all  of  his 
children  reside.  He  is  an  earnest  preacher,  a  hard-work- 
ing and  faithful  pastor,  and  a  sincere  and  sympathetic 
friend  and  brother. 

7IRA  BARTLETT  DIVISION. 

Dea.  Ira  Bartlett,  son  of  John,  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
Mass.,  March  23,  1787,  and  died  in  Hartford,  Me., 
February  10,  1871,  aged  nearly  84  years.  He  was  a 
carpenter  and  farmer,  and  was  a  man  highly  esteemed. 
For  many  years  he  was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church 
of  Hartford.  He  believed  in  the  principles  of  the 
Republican  party.  April  1,  1810  he  was  married  to 
Lydia  Stetson,  who  was  born  in  Sumner,  January  7, 
1791,  and  died  February  10,  1868.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church.  They  had  nine  children : 
Arvilla  ;  Harvey ;  Horace,  born  October  6,  1815,  died 
February  22,  1817  ;  Horace  2d  ;  Ira,  Jr. ;  Hezekiah,  born 
January  27,  1824,  died  July  5,  1824  ;  Lydia  S. ;  Mary  F. ; 
and  Orsamus.     All  were  born  in  Hartford. 

8AR VILLA.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Arvilla  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Dea.  Ira,  was  born 
September  22,  1812.  She  was  married,  May  6,  1833,  to 
Cyrus  Hayford,  who  was  born  in  Hartford,  January  22, 
1807,  and  died  February  18,  1869.     In  religious  belief 


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they  were  Universalists.  Mr.  Hayford  was  a  carpenter 
and  farmer,  and  resided  in  Hartford.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat.  Mrs.  Hayford  has  been  a  very  capable 
woman.  They  had  four  children :  Christina  L. ;  Juliette, 
born  January  29,  1841,  died  October  9,  1843  ;  Josephine  ; 
and  Lydia  B.,  born  May  9,  1847,  died  August  31,  1869. 
All  the  children  except  the  oldest  were  born  in  Canton. 

9Christina  L.  Hayford,  daughter  of  Cyrus,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  October  12, 1834,  and  died  at  Yarmouth, 
January  26,  1862.  She  was  married,  April  12,  1854,  to 
Edward  Davis,  who  was  born  in  Albion,  December  26, 
1828.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  were  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  He  is  a  manufacturer  of  tin  ware, 
Rochester,  N.  H.,  and  in  politics  a  Democrat.  They  had 
two  children  :  Charles  A.,  born  in  Belfast,  July  30,  1855  ; 
and  Cyrus  H.,  born  in  Belfast,  March  19,  1857,  died  in 
Yarmouth,  December  7,  1861.  10Charles  A.  Davis 
was  married,  October  10,  1882,  to  Ida  E.  Junkins,  who 
was  born  in  Kittery,  October  2,  1862.  Mr.  Davis,  a 
Democrat  and  an  Odd  Fellow,  is  a  candy  manufacturer 
at  Rochester,  N.  H.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  Baptist  church.  They  have  had  one  child,  "Emily 
C,  born  in  Rochester,  September  13,  1883. 

9Josephine  Hayford,  daughter  of  Cyrus,  was  born 
December  27,  1844.  She  was  married,  December  26, 
1863,  to  Hervey  B.  Russell,  who  was  born  in  Hartford, 
August  15,  1842.  He  is  a  cellar  builder,  a  concreter,  and 
keeps  a  livery  stable  at  North  Abington,  Mass.  He  is  a 
Democrat  and  an  Odd  Fellow.  He  and  his  wife  are 
Unitarians.  They  have  had  one  child,  10Cyrus  H.  He 
was  born  in  Canton,  January  9,  1865,  and  was  married, 


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May  1,  1886,  to  Amy  C.  Clark,  who  was  born  in  North 
Abington,  May  15,  1869.  Mr.  Russell  keeps  a  confec- 
tionery and  eating  saloon  at  North  Abington. 


8HARVEY  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Harvey  Bar  tie  tt,  son  of  Dea.  Ira,  was  born  March  30, 
1814,  and  died  May  14,  1880.  Mr.  Bartlett  was  a  car- 
penter and  a  farmer  in  Hartford,  and  voted  the  Repub- 
lican ticket.  May  15,  1836  he  was  married  to  Mary 
Bicknell,  who  was  born  November  29,  1817,  and  died  in 
1864.  His  second  wife  was  Aurelia  Osgood  to  whom  he 
was  married  December  25,  1866.  She  was  born  August 
20,  1829,  and  died  February  20,  1887.  Mr.  Bartlett  and 
his  wives  entertained  the  Universalist  belief.  By  his 
first  wife  he  had  one  child,  9Elizabeth  Bartlett,  who 
was  born  in  Hartford,  February  3,  1840.  She  was 
married,  July  29,  1858,  to  Paschal  Barrell,  Jr.,  who  was 
for  a  time  a  farmer  in  Aroostook  County,  Maine.  He 
was  injured  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  and  finally  died 
from  the  effect  of  his  wounds.  November  4,  1865 
Elizabeth  Bartlett  Barrell  was  married  to  Cyrus  S. 
Ricker,  who  was  born  in  Buckfield,  Me.,  April  26,  1839. 
Mr.  Ricker  is  a  banker  at  Aurora,  Dakota.  They  had 
three  children :  Ernest  B.,  born  August  25,  1866,  died 
September  26,  1867;  10George  E.,  born  December  25, 
1868  ;  and  Edgar  B.,  born  April  25,  1874.  Mrs.  Ricker 
died  October  23,  1875. 


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8HORACE  BARTLETT,  2d,  BRANCH. 

Horace  Bartlett,  2d,  son  of  Deacon  Ira,  was  born  July 
12,  1817,  and  died  in  Hartford,  July  10,  1878.  He  was 
married,  December  12,  1844,  to  Mary  R.  Page,  who  was 
born  in  Belgrade,  November  12,  1820.  He  was  a  carpen- 
ter and  farmer,  and  a  Republican.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  church.  They  had  two 
children  :  Gratia  M.,  born  October  5,  1852,  died  Decem- 
ber 12,  1856  ;  and  9  Willi  am  P.,  who  was  born  in  Bel- 
grade, June  30,  1855.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Hartford  and 
in  politics  a  Republican.  March  6,  1875  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Anna  B.  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Orsamus.  She 
was  born  in  Hartford,  June  19,  1855.  Both  are  Univer- 
salists.  They  have  had  two  children:  10Percy  L.,  born 
May  31,  1875  ;  and  Cecil  O.,  born  January  6,  1879. 

8IRA  BARTLETT,  JR.,  BRANCH. 

Ira  Bartlett,  Jr.,  son  of  Deacon  Ira,  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, October  11,  1819.  He  is  a  farmer  and  carpenter, 
and  resides  at  North  Paris.  He  believes  in  the  Republi- 
can party.  December  28,  1846,  he  was  married  to  Mary 
A.  Rice,  who  was  born  in  Buxton,  May  12,  1824.  In 
religious  belief  they  are  Methodists. 

8LYDIA  S.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Lydia  S.  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Dea.  Ira,  was  born 
August  6,  1827,  and  was  married  to  Lucius  B.  Alley. 
He  was  born  in  Hartford,  February  22,  1823.  He  is  a 
farmer  in  Hartford,  believes  in  republican  principles, 


158  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

and  is  an  Universalist.  His  wife's  religious  belief  is 
found  in  the  Baptist  church.  They  have  had  five 
children,  all  born  in  Hartford:  Albert  A.,  Lucius  M., 
Hattie  L.,  Lydia  M.,  and  Mary  B.,  born  May  1,  1864. 

9Albert  A.  Alley,  born  July  10,  1852,  was  married 
to  Lizzie  M.  Woodard,  May  1,  1875.  They  are  Metho- 
dists. Mr.  Alley  is  a  Republican  and  carries  on  the 
ice  business  at  Dresden.  They  have  had  two  children  : 
10Fred  G.,  born  in  Winthrop,  September  26,  1877; 
and  Vinton  L.,  born  November  19,  1878,  in  Hartford. 

9Lucius  M.  Alley,  born  October  30,  1853,  was  married 
to  Mira  M.  Greene,  April  29,  1877,  at  Revere,  Mass.  In 
religious  belief  they  are  Methodists.  Mr.  Alley  is  an 
oil-cloth  stamper  at  Winthrop.  He  is  a  Republican 
and  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  belongs  to  the  order  of  the 
Golden  Cross.  They  have  bad  one  child,  10Leroy  E., 
born  in  Winthrop,  May  29,  1878. 

9Hattie  L.  Alley,  who  was  born  June  8,  1855,  was 
married  to  George  E.  Barrows,  November  30,  1876. 
They  are  members  of  the  Congregational  church.  He  is 
depot  master  at  Sumner,  and  is  a  Republican.  9Lydia 
M.  Alley,  born  January  18,  1858,  was  married  to  Harri- 
son S.  Howard,  March  16,  1878.  He  is  a  farmer  in 
Hartford.  They  have  had  two  children  :  10Merton  W., 
born  June  20,  1879 ;  and  Bessie  M.,  born  October  13, 
1884. 

8MARY  F.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Mary  F.  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Deacon  Ira,  was  born 
November  18,  1829.  She  was  married,  December  12, 
1858,  to  John  T.   Glover,   who  was  born  in  Hartford, 


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March  7,  1832.  They  are  Spiritualists.  Mr.  Glover  is  a 
farmer,  a  Democrat,  and  an  Odd  Fellow.  They  have  had 
one  child,  9Agnes  F.,  born  March  30,  1869. 

sORSAMUS  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Orsamus  Bartlett,  son  of  Deacon  Ira,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1831.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Hartford,  and  believes 
in  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party.  January  6, 
1855  he  was  married  to  Dorcas  Russell,  who  was  born 
in  Hartford,  October  19,  1831.  Both  believe  in  the 
doctrine  that  all  mankind  will  finally  be  saved.  They 
have  had  two  children  :  Anna  B.,  born  June  19,  1855  ; 
and  9Horace  B.  Bartlett,  born  in  Hartford,  December 
20,  1857.  Like  his  father,  Orsamus,  he  is  a  farmer,  a 
Democrat,  and  an  Universalist.  9Anna  B.  Bartlett, 
born  June  19,  1855,  was  married  March  6,  1875,  to 
William  P.  Bartlett,  son  of  Horace,  who  was  born  in 
Belgrade,  June  30, 1855.  They  have  had  two  children  : 
10Percy  L.,  born  May  31,  1875,  and  Cecil  O.,  born 
January  6,  1879. 

'DANIEL  BARTLETT  DIVISION. 

Rev.  Daniel  Bartlett,  son  of  John,  was  born  in  Pem- 
broke, Mass.,  April  9,  1789,  and  died  in  China,  Me., 
May  5,  1862.  Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett  has  written,  at 
my  request,  the  following  able  article  upon  the  life  and 
character  of  his  uncle : 

"Daniel  Bartlett,  the  fourth  son  of  John  and  Molly 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  Pembroke,  Mass.,  April  9,  1789. 


160  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

When  he  was  about  three  years  of  age,  his  parents 
moved  to  Hartford,  Maine,  where  amidst  the  privations 
incident  to  new  settlements  in  those  days,  he  grew  up  to 
manhood.  He  seems  to  have  felt  the  disadvantages  of 
his  situation  in  more  than  an  ordinary  degree,  almost 
from  the  first,  deploring  most  of  all  the  lack  of  adequate 
means  for  acquiring  an  education  such  as  he  ardently 
desired.  The  means,  however,  which  lay  within  his 
reach  were  improved  to  the  best  of  his  ability.  He 
availed  himself  of  all  the  facilities  which  the  public 
schools  of  his  time  afforded  ;  and  these  he  supplemented 
by  close  application  to  study  during  leisure  hours  at 
home.  Thus,  without  the  aid  of  academical  instruction, 
and  largely  by  his  own  unassisted  efforts,  he  acquired 
what  would  now  be  regarded  as  a  good  English  educa- 
tion. 

"In  early  manhood  Mr.  Bartlett  became  a  subject  of 
renewing  grace,  and  united  with  the  Baptist  church  in 
Hartford.  Witnessing  the  zeal  and  ability  with  which 
he  performed  his  religious  duties,  the  more  discerning 
of  his  brethren  were  led  to  predict  that  the  Lord  would 
require  of  him  some  special  work  in  his  vineyard.  And 
so  it  proved.  Not  long  after  he  united  with  the  church, 
his  attention  was  turned  to  the  work  of  the  Christian 
ministry.  But  while  duty  seemed  urging  him  to  devote 
his  life  to  the  sacred  calling,  he  was  sharply  confronted 
by  a  consciousness  of  utter  unfitness  for  it.  A  severe 
mental  struggle  ensued.  At  length,  however,  the 
impulse  of  duty  prevailed,  and  the  conflict  ceased. 

"In  1821  having  submitted  his  case  to  the  church  he 
was  licensed  to  preach.     The  question  of  duty  being 


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now  settled  in  his  own  mind,  and  the  church  approving, 
he  went  forth  in  search  of  a  field  of  labor,  where  as  an 
ambassador  of  Christ,  he  might  proclaim  the  'glad  news' 
with  reasonable  hope  of  success.  Such  a  field  he  soon 
found  in  Piscataquis  county,  then  but  sparsely  settled, 
and  to  a  large  extent  destitute  of  gospel  preaching. 
After  spending  the  year  1822  in  Guilford  and  adjacent 
neighborhoods,  he  was  offered  a  settlement  in  Sanger- 
ville,  an  adjoining  town,  where  a  Baptist  church  had 
recently  been  'reorganized  with  thirty-four  members.' 

"Here  in  1823  he  was  ordained  as  Town's  Minister, 
which  included,  of  course,  the  pastorate  of  the  church. 
As  this  settlement  was  by  a  vote  of  the  town,  it  is 
presumed  that  Mr.  Bartlett,  as  the  first  settled  minister, 
obtained  a  title  to  the  ministerial  land,  so  called,  as 
compensation,  in  part,  or  in  full,  for  his  services.  He 
labored  here  five  years,  during  which  the  membership  of 
the  church  was  more  than  doubled. 

'  'In  1828  he  became  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in 
Warren,  Lincoln  county.  In  Warren,  as  in  Sangerville, 
he  labored  five  years,  and  with  marked  success,  ninety 
members  being  added  to  the  church  as  the  fruits  of  one 
revival.  Several  of  these  new  members  were  persons  of 
the  highest  social  standing  in  the  community. 

"In  1833,  feeling  that  the  special  work  for  which  God 
called  him  to  Warren  was  accomplished,  he  accepted  a 
call  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Baptist  church  in  China. 
The  China  church  had,  in  former  years,  been  one  of  the 
most  efficient  and  prosperous  of  the  churches  in  the 
Waldo  association,  but  was  now  suffering  from  the 
consequences  of  spiritual  apathy  and  neglect  of  personal 


162  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

religious  duty  on  the  part  of  many  of  its  members.  Mr. 
Bartlett,  with  characteristic  ardor,  entered  upon  his 
work,  and  soon  had  the  satisfaction  of  witnessing  the 
success  of  his  efforts.  The  delinquent  members  renewed 
their  vows  of  loyalty  to  Christ,  and  were  again  found  at 
the  post  of  duty.  There  came  still  richer  blessings.  In 
the  spring  and  early  summer  of  1834  or  5,  occurred  the 
most  remarkable  out-pouring  of  the  Spirit  the  church 
had  ever  witnessed.  As  the  result  of  this  single  revival 
nearly  five  score  souls  were  added  to  the  church,  the 
writer  (Rev.  C.  P.  Bartlett)  of  this  article  being  one  of 
the  number  ;  and  before  Mr.  Bartlett' s  pastorate  closed, 
some  two  years  afterwards,  the  church  had  regained, 
and  even  exceeded,  its  former  efficiency  with  an  aggre- 
gate membership  of  three  hundred. 

"During  the  remaining  twenty-five  years  of  his  minis- 
try, Mr.  Bartlett  served  as  pastor,  for  different  periods 
of  time,  and  with  varying  success,  the  following  Baptist 
churches,  namely :  Dexter,  1st  West  Thomas  ton,  2d 
Camden,  1st  Bluehill,  1st  Jefferson,  Union,  and  South 
Waldoboro',  besides  serving  as  stated  supply,  one  year 
or  more,  the  Friendship  and  Cushing  churches. 

"Mr.  Bartlett  naturally  possessed  those  qualities 
which  are  especially  needed  in  the  ministerial  office. 
He  had  a  remarkably  active  mind.  It  seemed  never  to 
rest.  It  is  said  that  'Nature  abhors  a  vacuum.'  With 
equal  truth,  it  may  be  said  that  Daniel  Bartlett  depre- 
cated listlessness.  One  of  his  elder  brothers,  speaking 
of  him  as  a  boy,  would  say,  'Daniel  was  never  still 
except  when  asleep,  and  not  always  then.'  Activity 
was  a  prominent  trait  throughout  his  entire   life.     He 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  163 

was  always  doing  something.  When  by  ill  health,  or 
other  disability,  he  was  incapacitated  for  active  effort  in 
the  Master's  service,  he  would  be  making  what  mental 
preparation  he  could  for  his  work,  when  again  permitted 
to  resume  it. 

"He  was  likewise  characterized  by  earnestness.  This 
was  innate,  and  hence  was  continually  asserting  itself. 
He  could  hardly  tell  a  story,  though  in  itself  of  but 
small  moment,  without  indicating,  in  word  or  manner, 
that  he  regarded  it  as  of  considerable  importance.  For 
this  reason,  it  may  have  possibly  seemed  to  some  that 
his  narratives  were  occasionally  a  little  too  highly 
embellished.  But  it  was  all  seeming.  It  were  difficult 
to  find  a  man  who  places  a  higher  estimate  upon  the 
simple,  unadorned  truth  than  he  did.  Shams  of  every 
kind  were  his  special  abhorrence.  An  earnest  spirit  was 
his  birth-right,  and  could  not  but  manifest  itself  in  all 
his  efforts,  religious,  as  well  as  secular.  It  characterized 
his  sermons,  his  exhortations,  and  his  prayers,  and 
whatever  else  he  attempted  for  God  and  humanity.  He 
put  his  whole  soul  into  his  work. 

"Mr.  Bartlett  was  a  man  of  decision.  Though  unas- 
suming, and  even  retiring  in  demeanor,  he  had  opinions 
of  his  own,  and  they  were  firmly  established,  and  he  had 
the  courage  of  his  convictions.  Having  once  taken  his 
stand,  he  was  not  easily  removed  from  it.  Yet  he  was 
no  bigot.  He  kept  his  mind  open  to  conviction,  but  he 
must  be  convinced  before  he  would  yield  the  ground  he 
occupied.  Planting  himself  on  the  revealed  will  of  God 
as  he  understood  it,  the  heavens  might  sooner  fall  than 
he  would  seek  new  standing  ground,  unless  shown  that 


164  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

he  had  interpreted  the  divine  Guide-book  erroneously. 
A  'Thus  saith  the  Lord'  was  with  him  the  end  of  all 
questioning  and  doubt. 

'  'Another  characteristic  of  the  man  was  perseverance. 
Having  once  committed  himself  to  an  enterprise  he 
would  prosecute  it  despite  all  opposition.  It  was  thus 
in  his  religious  work.  When  he  enlisted  as  a  soldier  of 
the  Cross,  it  was  for  life-service.  And  when  called  of 
God  to  occupy  the  highest  position  in  that  service,  it 
was  the  same.  He  took  upon  himself  the  vows  of  con- 
secration to  the  Gospel  ministry  with  the  view  to  make 
that  ministry  his  life-work.  And  he  did  it.  Seasons 
of  darkness,  discouragement,  and  trial  fell  to  his  lot, 
but  in  none  of  them  was  he  ever  known  to  falter,  or  even 
express  a  desire  to  be  relieved  from  the  arduous  and 
responsible  duties  of  his  calling.  Onward  was  his 
motto,  and  onward  he  pressed  to  the  end  of  a  protracted 
life ;  and  when,  at  last,  the  end  came,  it  found  him 
still  at  his  post.  He  only  laid  off  his  armor  when  called 
to  take  his  crown. 

"Mr.  Bartlett  was  a  good  man.  True  he  had  his 
infirmities,  the  same  as  other  men.  Probably  no  one 
ever  claimed,  certainly  he  never  himself  claimed,  that  he 
was  exempt  from  human  frailties.  He  was  a  good  man 
nevertheless  ;  and  such  doubtless  he  would  have  been, 
as  the  world  counts  goodness,  had  he  never  experienced 
the  refining  influence  of  sanctifying  grace.  But  under 
that  influence  his  native  goodness  was  materially  devel- 
oped and  strengthened.  His  kindly  sympathies  took  a 
wide  range,  embracing  the  entire  human  family.  He 
saw  in  every  man  a  brother,  and  his  heart  yearned  to  do 


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him  good.  He  was,  therefore,  a  warm  friend  of 
Christian  missions,  of  moral  reform,  of  education,  of 
civil  and  religious  freedom,  of  charitable  institutions, 
and  of  every  effort  which  tends  to  elevate  and  bless 
mankind. 

"Daniel  Bartlett,  both  as  a  man  and  as  a  Christian 
minister,  made  an  excellent  record.  Consecrating  him- 
self, body  and  soul,  to  the  highest  and  holiest  of  callings 
on  earth,  and  working  wisely  and  well  in  his  chosen 
sphere  of  action,  he  made  life  a  success.  With  less  of 
mental  culture  than  some  of  his  ministerial  brethren 
possessed,  with  less  profound  conceptions  of  abstract 
truths  and  less  ability  to  hold  them  up  to  the  admiring 
gaze  of  men,  and  with  no  prestige  but  that  of  his  own 
creating,  he  made  his  mark,  not  on  the  wide  world  of 
humanity  at  large,  nor  yet  upon  the  narrower  world  of 
letters,  but  upon  many  precious,  immortal  souls  of  his 
own  time  and  generation,  who,  through  his  instrumen- 
tality, were  made  wise  unto  salvation,  and  who  shall 
shine  as  stars  in  the  kingdom  of  Ms  God  and  their  God, 
forever  and  ever.  As  a  popular  preacher  he  had  few 
equals,  especially  during  the  first  half  and  more  of  his 
ministry.  He  had  the  rare  faculty  of  gaining  and 
holding  the  attention  of  his  hearers,  without  abatement 
of  interest.  In  the  prime  of  his  days  before  bodily 
infirmities  and  the  weight  of  years  began  to  tell  on  his 
energies,  he  usually  spoke  with  a  pathos  that  was  well 
nigh  irresistible.  Feeling  himself  the  attraction  of  the 
Cross,  he  was  enabled  to  make  others  feel  it. 

"He  was  a  much  beloved  and  successful  pastor.  Judi- 
cious in  his  counsels,  of  upright  deportment,  and  untir- 


166  BAETLETT  MEMORIALS. 

ing  in  his  efforts  to  win  souls,  and  establish  the  church 
in  the  doctrines  of  the  gospel  and  in  obedience  to  its 
precepts,  he  won  for  himself  the  affectionate  regards  of 
his  brethren,  thereby  securing  their  co-operation  with 
him  in  church  work.  In  the  course  of  his  ministry, 
which  embraced  a  period  of  forty  years,  he  held  the 
relation  of  pastor  to  ten  different  churches,  nearly  all  of 
which  were  materially  strengthened  and  enlarged  during 
his  connection  with  them,  while  several  of  them  received 
very  great  accessions  to  their  membership.  He  died  in 
China,  May  5,  1862,  at  the  advanced  age  of  73  years." 

"C.  P.  B." 

Rev.  Daniel  Bartlett's  first  wife  was  Susan  Brown,  who 
was  born  in  Canton.  His  second  wife  was  Mary  T.  Eells. 
By  his  first  wife  he  had  one  child,  Hannah  P.;  by  his 
second,  two  children:  Ann  M.,  and  Kendall  W. 


8HANNAH  P.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Hannah  P.,  daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Bartlett,  was 
born  in  Warren,  November  4,  1818,  and  died  in  Rock- 
land, January  13,  1874.  She  was  married  to  Jacob 
Shaw,  who  was  born  in  Albion  in  1813,  and  died  in 
Rockland,  January  24,  1874.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  mer- 
chant, a  Republican,  and  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church. 
They  had  six  children,  all  born  in  Albion,  Me. :  Jacob 
B.,  Adoniram  J.,  Eliab  W.,  Francis  M.,  E.  Melville,  and 
Charles  E.,  born  July  2,  1846,  and  died  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  January  22,  1883. 


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9Jacob  Bartlett  Shaw,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel 
Bartlett,  was  born  June  23,  1837.  He  fitted  for  college 
at  Waterville  Academy  and  graduated  from  Colby 
University  in  1860.  While  in  college  he  was  president 
of  a  Republican  club,  and  led  the  choir  in  the  Baptist 
church  at  Waterville.  He  was  a  good  scholar  and  a  fine 
singer.  Before  entering  and  while  in  college  he  taught 
school,  being  principal  of  the  High  schools  of  St. 
Albans  and  Dexter.  After  graduating  he  lived  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  during  the  war.  He  was  promoted 
twice  while  serving  in  the  Interior  Department,  and 
when  he  resigned,  he  had  been  an  examiner  of  pensions 
for  the  states  of  Massachusetts  and  Ohio,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia,  for  two  years.  He  afterwards  engaged  in 
the  coal  business  in  Cambridgeport,  Mass. ;  was  super- 
intendent of  a  corporation  called  the  Cambridge  Fruit 
Preserving  Company  ;  and  is  now  treasurer  of  a  corpor- 
ation for  manufacturing  machines  for  sewing  shoes  by  a 
new  process.  Mr.  Shaw  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  The  Sliaws  have  good  blood  in  their  veins. 
Mr.  Jacob  B.  Shaw' s  great  grandmother  was  a  Benson, 
sister  of  Dr.  Benson  of  Winthrop,  and  aunt  of  Hon. 
Samuel  P.  Benson,  formerly  a  member  of  Congress. 

Mr.  Shaw  was  married,  October  23,  1860,  to  Harriet  E. 
Dunn,  who  was  born  in  Fayette,  Me.,  October  23,  1840. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  R.  B.  Dunn.  He  has  helped 
many  a  poor  man  out  of  trouble,  has  educated  boys, 
and  endowed  many  churches  and  some  colleges.  Mr. 
Shaw  says,  "I  gave  you  a  few  matters  regarding  my 
honored  father-in-law,  Reuben  Barnes  Dunn.  If  you 
desire  to  say  anything  further  regarding  him,  you  can 


168  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

have  these  points :  He  is  the  most  extensive  scythe 
manufacturer  in  the  United  States,  having  carried  on  the 
business  for  fifty  years  (he  being  now  in  his  86th  year); 
he  has  been  extensively  engaged  in  railroads,  and  was 
for  some  years  president  of  the  Maine  Central  R.  R.; 
and  he  is  now  one  of  the  largest  owners  of  the  Somerset 
R.  R.,  and  was  the  chief  promoter  of  it.  He  is  the 
largest  owner  of  the  Lock  wood  (cotton)  mill  of  Water- 
ville — the  original  structure  of  which  he  built — and  is 
now  president  of  the  corporation.  He  has  been  a  life- 
long Methodist,  and  always  active  and  liberal  in  church 
and  school  matters.  He  has  been  a  man  of  extensive 
business,  of  great  enterprise  and  indomitable  energy. 
He  is  a  personal  friend  of  James  Gr.  Blaine,  and  has  been 
called  by  him  the  most  energetic  business  man  in  the 
state." 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shaw  have  a  beautiful  home  in  Cam- 
bridge. They  have  had  four  children:  10Elmer  B.,a 
clerk  in  the  R.  R.  office  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  was  born 
in  China,  March  31,  1862;  Wallace  H.,  born  in  Water- 
ville,  October  5,  1863,  is  married,  and  engaged  in  the 
business  of  stereopticon  advertising  at  Portland,  Me.; 
Carrie  E.,  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  March  12, 1869,  died 
September  15,  1869  ;  and  Mable  H.,  born  December  5, 
1870,  died  in  Cambridge,  February  18,  1878. 

9Adoniram  J.  Shaw,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel  Bart- 
lett,  was  born  June  13,  1839.  He  was  married,  January 
25,  1871,  to  Georgiana  F.  Litchfield.  They  have  had 
one  child,  10Harry  J.,  born  in  Rockland,  September  3, 
1872.  9Eliab  W.  Shaw  was  born  June  3,  1841,  and 
died  in  Rockland,  April  23,  1872.  He  was  married  to 
Eliza  R.  Wiley.     They  had  one  child,  10William  W. 


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9Francis  M.  Shaw,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel  Bartlett, 
was  born  October  14,  1842.  Mr.  Shaw  was  born  and 
brought  up  on  a  farm.  In  1860  he  moved  to  the  village 
of  China,  and  with  his  father  entered  into  the  business 
of  general  merchandise.  His  father  was  appointed 
postmaster,  and  he  an  assistant,  the  office  being  held  by 
them  four  years  In  1864  they  moved  to  Rockland  and 
formed  a  partnership  with  A.  J.  Shaw  in  the  dry  goods 
business.  Mr.  Francis  M.  Shaw  was  a  merchant  ten 
years,  and  manager  of  the  Singer  Manufacturing  Co.'s 
business  in  that  part  of  the  state  eleven  years,  and  has 
since  been  a  real  estate  broker  and  agent  in  Rockland, 
where  he  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  was 
superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school  fifteen  years.  De- 
cember 31,  1874  he  was  married  to  Minnie  G.  Atkins. 
They  have  had  two  children,  both  born  in  Rockland  : 
10Agnes  L.,  born  October  13,  1877  ;  and  Anna  M.,  born 
August  23,  1883,  died  September  13,  1884. 

9Rev.  E.  Melville  Shaw,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel 
Bartlett,  and  twin  brother  of  Francis  M.,  was  born 
October  14,  1842.  He  was  married  to  Carrie  M.  Burpee, 
October  7,  1873.  She  was  born  in  Rockland,  January 
21,  1850.  They  have  had  two  children:  Winifred  M., 
born  in  Antrim,  N.  H.,  May  3,  1875  ;  and  10Lewis  E., 
born  in  Rockland,  August  14,  1881.  Mr.  Shaw  gradu- 
ated at  Colby  University  in  1870,  and  at  the  Theological 
Seminary,  Newton,  Mass.,  in  1873.  As  a  Baptist 
clergyman  he  has  had  two  settlements,  one  in  Antrim, 
N.  H.,  of  about  six  years,  and  the  other  in  Beverly 
Farms,  Mass.,  of  about  three  years.  September  13, 
1888  he  wrote  me  as  follows  :     "I  do  not  find  anything 


170  BAETLETT   MEMOEIALS. 

in  my  life  of  sufficient  interest  to  merit  a  place  in  the 
record  you  are  preparing.  I  began  with  a  good  deal  of 
ambition,  courage,  and  devotion,  and  as  it  seemed  to  me, 
with  a  bright  prospect  of  doing  something  in  the  world. 
But  in  the  second  year  of  my  ministry  my  health  began 
to  fail,  developing  troubles  which  I  had  contracted  in 
the  army,  and  as  the  years  went  on  I  was  much  of  the 
time  laid  aside  from  my  work.  In  the  spring  of  '84  I 
was  forced  to  give  up  preaching  again,  and  have  not 
since  sufficiently  recovered  to  resume  the  ministry." 

Rev.  Charles  P.  Bartlett  speaks  of  Mr.  Shaw  as  fol- 
lows :  "He  is  in  the  very  prime  of  manhood,  well 
educated,  a  fine  scholar,  an  excellent  preacher,  a  good 
pastor,  and  yet  unable  to  use  his  abilities  in  the  way  he 
desires."  If  Rev.  Mr.  Shaw's  physical  strength  and 
health  were  equal  to  his  scholarship,  talent,  and 
ambition,  he  would  be  one  of  the  most  brilliant  preachers 
in  New  England. 

8ANN  M.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Ann  M. ,  daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Bartlett,  was  born 
in  Sangerville,  Me.,  November  18,  1828.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church.  June  18,  1848  she  was 
married  to  William  A.  Hale,  who  was  born  in  Norridge- 
wock,  Me.,  December  19,  1821,  and  died  in  Moulton, 
Iowa,  August  11,  1888.  They  had  eleven  children : 
Ann  M.,  born  May  24,  1849,  died  May  3,  1850  ;  William 
O.;  Melvin  B.;  Mary  E.,  born  in  Union,  Me.,  January 
27,  1856.  She  believes  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
is  a  medical  student ;  Charles  P.;  GreorgeP.;  Anna  E., 


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a  Methodist,  born  October  10,  1861,  was  married  to 
Jacob  A.  Steininger,  May  16,  1888.  They  reside  at 
Creston,  Iowa ;  Fred  G ,  a  telegraph  operator  at 
Moulton,  Iowa,  was  born  September  1,  1866  ;  Frank 
W.,  a  druggist  at  Unionville,  Mo.,  was  born  September 
1,  1866.  He  and  Fred  G.  are  twins;  Isabella  M.,  a 
Baptist,  born  November  16,  1869  ;  and  John  A.,  born 
August  1,  1871. 

9Rev.  William  Otis  Hale,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  Union,  Me.,  April  1,  1852.  He  is 
pastor  of  the  Advent  church  at  Brockton,  Mass.  April 
13,  1873  he  was  married  to  Sarah  J.  Arnold.  They  have 
had  one  child,  10 Willie  A.,  born  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
February  8,  1875.  Rev.  Mr.  Hale  is  represented  to  be  a 
good  scholar,  and  a  fine  speaker.  We  expected  to  receive 
a  fuller  account  of  his  life. 

9Melvin  Bartlett  Hale,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel 
Bartlett,  is  a  Baptist,  and  a  telegraph  operator.  He  was 
born  in  Lincolnville,  Me.,  May  9,  1854.  He  resides  at 
Orrick,  Missouri.  April  27,  1874  he  was  married  to 
Arabine  J.  Frohock.  They  have  had  seven  children  : 
Fannie  A  ,  born  in  Lincolnville,  Me.,  May  4,  1875  ; 
Jennie  F.,  born  in  Lincolnville,  Me.,  June  29,  1876; 
Nellie  M.,  born  in  Sedan,  Iowa,  September  25,  1880,  died 
August  12,  1881 ;  10Harry  Bartlett,  born  in  Sedan, 
Iowa,  June  9,  1882 ;  Floyd  F.,  born  in  Tingley,  Iowa, 
February  25,  1884;  Annie  B.,  born  in  Creston,  Iowa, 
February  21,  1887,  died  in  Orrick,  Mo.,  July  9,  1888 ; 
and  Alice,  born  in  Orrick,    August  24,  1888. 

9Charles  Proctor  Hale,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel 
Bartlett,  is  a  merchant  and  resides  at  Norwich,  Iowa.    He 


172  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

was  born  in  Lincolnville,  Me.,  August  9,  1858.     He  was 
married  to  Mary  E.  Martin,  April  23,    1882.      Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hale  are  Methodists.    They  have  had  four  children 
Bertha  M.,   born  in  Corydon,   la.,  January  30,   1883 
10Earl  M.,  born  in  Norwich,  la.,  February  19,  1884 
Clara    M.,   born    in  Norwich,    October,   8,    1885 ;    and 
Florence  M.,  born  February  11,  1888. 

9Gteorge  Parker  Hale,  grandson  of  Rev.  Daniel 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  Lincolnville,  March  24,  1861.  He 
is  a  telegraph  operator  and  resides  at  Tingley,  Iowa. 
February  5,  1882  he  was  married  to  Kittie  Hughes,  who 
is  a  Baptist  and  was  born  May  10,  1861.  They  have  had 
children:    Arthur  A.,  born  in  Humeston,  la.,  July  26, 

1882  ;  10Mabel  Blaine,  born  in  Dean,  la.,  December  23, 

1883  ;  and  Gerty  and  Alice. 


8RENDALL  W.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Rendall  W.,  son  of  Rev.  Daniel  Bartlett,  was  born  in 
Albion,  December  19,  1836.  He  was  married,  August 
21,  1858,  to  Eliza  M.  Bachelder,  who  was  born  in  Union. 
They  have  had  no  children.  Mr.  Bartlett  is  a  merchant 
and  resides  in  Union,  Me. 


^JOSEPH  BARTLETT  DIVISION. 

Joseph,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
Mass.,  October  28,  1791,  and  died  in  Peru,  Me.,  March, 
1877,  aged  85  years.  He  was  a  farmer  and  settled  in 
Hartford,   but    in    1830  he  moved  to   Peru.     He    was 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  173 

married  to  Fanny  Tillson,  who  died  in  Peru  in  1863. 
They  had  five  children  :  Fanny  T.,  Lydia  L.,  Christo- 
pher W.,  Joseph  W.,  and  Josiah  A. 

8FANNY  T.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Fanny  T.  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Joseph,  was  born  in 
Hartford,  October  8,  1817,  and  died  at  South  Paris,  May 
7,  1888.  She  united  with  the  Free  Baptists  when  she 
was  some  eighteen  years  of  age.  April  28,  1846  she  was 
married  to  Benjamin  B.  Goodwin,  who  was  born  in 
Billerica,  Mass.,  June  1,  1822.  He  is  a  cabinet  maker 
by  trade.  He  united  with  the  Congregational  church  in 
1843.  He  now  resides  at  South  Paris,  and  belongs  to 
the  Republican  party.  They  had  two  children  :  9Mar- 
cellus  B.,  born  in  Reading,  Mass.,  November  5,  1848, 
was  married,  October  27,  1871,  to  Hattie  H.  Briggs  of 
Plymouth,  Mass.  Mr.  Goodwin  is  a  cabinet  maker  by 
trade,  a  Republican,  a  member  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
and  resides  at  Dorchester,  Mass.  Mrs.  Goodwin  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  church.  They  have  had  one 
child,  10Frank  W.,  born  in  Plymouth,  August  16, 1872; 
and  9Belle  B.  Goodwin,  born  in  Peru,  August  25, 
1851,  resides  at  South  Paris.  She  became  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church  in  1873. 

8LYDIA  L.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Lydia  L.  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Joseph,  was  born  in 
Hartford,  April  21,  1821,  and  died  October  25,  1858. 
She  was  married  to  Martin  Ellis,  December  25,  1845. 


174  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

Mr.  Ellis  resides  at  Woburn,  Mass.,  is  a  mover  of 
buildings,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Woburn  Royal  Arch 
Chapter.  They  had  three  children,  all  born  in  Melrose, 
Mass.:  Charles  H.,  born  March  24,  1847,  died  June  30, 
1847;  Albert  M.;  and  Frank  M.,  born  April  31,  1854, 
died  March,  1873.  9Albert  M.  Ellis,  born  May  23, 
1845,  was  married  to  Elmira  J.  Carter,  January  20,1866. 
They  have  had  one  child,  10Edith  A.,  born  in  Stoneham, 
Mass.,  April  9,  1870.  Mr.  Ellis  resides  at  Maiden,  and 
is  a  mover  of  buildings.  He  is  a  Mason,  a  Knight- 
Templar,  and  belongs  to  the  Lodge  29  of  I  O.  O.  F., 
Stoneham  and  Middlesex  Encampment. 


CHRISTOPHER  W.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Christopher  W.  Bartlett,  son  of  Joseph  was  born  in 
Hartford,  September  6,  1823.  Mr.  Bartlett  belongs  to 
the  order  of  Masons.  He  was  named  for  Christopher 
Wadsworth,  father  of  our  fore-mother,  Zenobe.  He  is 
president  of  Winter's  Gap  Coal  Co.,  and  resides  at  379 
Broad  St.,  Knoxville,  Tenn.  December  7,  1857  he  was 
married  to  Hannah  R.  Ripley.  They  had  two  children  : 
Lydia  L.,  born  September  17,  1858,  died  December  27, 
1862  ;  and  Abbie  B.,  born  June  7,  1869,  died  December 
25, 1862.  Both  died  of  diphtheria.  Since  writing  the 
above,  we  have  learned  that  Mr.  Bartlett  went  to  San 
Francisco  in  1852.  His  course  was  from  New  York  via 
Isthmus  Panama,  and  he  was  66  days  in  leaching  his 
destination.  In  California  he  was  sick  with  fever  and 
ague,  and  suffered  much  from  the  privations  of  a 
pioneer's  life.      He  worked  in  the  gold  mines  and  often 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  175 

made  large  sums  of  money  per  day.  He  returned  to 
Maine  in  1855  and  settled  in  Peru.  He  lived  five  years 
in  Paris,  and  then  on  account  of  ill  health  went  to  Ten- 
nessee in  1871.  He  has  greatly  prospered  in  business  in 
Knoxville,  and  now  lives  in  affluence  and  independence, 
being  honored  and  respected  as  a  man  and  citizen  by  all 
who  have  the  pleasure  of  his  acquaintance. 

8JOSEPH  W.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Joseph  W.  Bartlett,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Peru, 
July  9,  1834.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  A.  Dwinell, 
in  Melrose,  Mass.,  in  1856.  They  have  had  three 
children:  9Helen  E.,  born  September  8,  1856,  was 
married  to  John  J.  Curley,  April  4, 1875.  They  had  one 
child,  10Helen  Elizabeth,  born  in  Maiden,  November 
13,  1877,  died  July  29,  1878 ;  Abbie  E.,  born  June  3, 
1859,  was  married  to  Frank  A.  Waitt,  March  8,  1881 ; 
and  Joseph  W.,  Jr.,  who  died  October  20,  1877. 

8JOSIAH  A.  BARTLETT  BRANCH. 

Josiah  A.  Bartlett,  son  of  Joseph,  was  born  in  Peru, 
November  23,  1841.  He  was  married  to  Laura  J. 
Brackett,  December  25,  1862.  Being  divorced  from  her 
in  1870,  he  was  married  to  his  second  wife,  Hattie  E. 
Burgess,  June  4,  1871.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  one 
child,  9Emerson  P.,  born  December,  1869.  By  his 
second  wife  he  has  had  two  children:  Alton  A.,  born 
in  Stoneham,  March  26,  1874,  died  October  8,  1874  ;  and 
9Frank  M.,  born  in  Woburn,  September  6,  1877. 


176  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 


7POLLY  BARTLETT  DIVISION. 

Polly  Bartlett,  daughter  of  John,  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, Me.,  June  29,  1794,  and  died  March  2,  1864,  aged 
69  years.  In  1817  she  was  married  to  Benjamin  Dear- 
born, Esq.,  who  was  born  in  Scarborough  (or  Limerick 
as  some  believe),  May  8,  1795,  and  died  August  24,  1865, 
aged  70  years.  He  was  a  trial  justice  twenty -eight  years 
and  held  many  prominent  offices  in  the  town  of  Hartford. 
They  had  eight  children :  Florena,  born  October  21, 
1817,  died  August  27,  1867.  She  did  not  marry  ;  Mary 
B.;  Danville  A.;  John  C,  born  March  17,  1827,  died 
October  21,  1829  ;  John  C,  2d  ;  Daniel  B.;  Clarrissa  T.; 
and  Thurza.     All  the  children  were  born  in  Hartford. 


8MARY  B.  DEARBORN  BRANCH. 

Mary  B.  Dearborn,  daughter  of  Benjamin,  was  born 
September  14,  1820.  She  was  married  to  Peleg  B.  Has- 
kell, April  2,  1849.  He  is  a  prosperous  farmer  in 
Wayne,  and  was  born  October  10,  1818.  They  have 
had  two  children :  Charlotte  B.,  and  Ida  F.,  both  born 
in  Wayne.  Charlotte  B.  Haskell  was  born  January  21, 
1850,  and  was  married  December  20,  1873,  to  Benjamin 
H.  J.  Ridley,  who  was  born  in  Wayne,  April  20,  1847. 
He  is  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  now  resides  in  Wayne. 
They  have  had  five  children:  Leon  S.,  born  in  Wayne, 
March  8,  1874;  James  A.,  born  in  Wayne,  August  29, 1876; 
Grade  E.,  born  in  Turner,  March  27,  1878  ;  Archer  B., 
born  in  Turner,  August  30,  1885  ;  and  K.  Magnus,  born 


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in  Wayne,  March  26, 1888.  Ida  F.  Haskell,  was  born  May 
23,  1855,  and  was  married  to  Charles  A.  Foye,  who  was 
born  August  6, 1853.     They  have  had  one  child,  Lena  F. 

8DANVILLE  A.  DEARBORN  BRANCH. 

Rev.  Danville  A.  Dearborn,  son  of  Benjamin,  was  born 
in  Hartford,  Me.,  January  24,  1823.  He  was  married  to 
Jane,  daughter  of  Daniel  Sanford  of  South  Boston, 
March  26,  1863.  Mr.  Sanford  and  his  son  William  were 
engaged  in  business  in  Cambridge  for  many  years.  They 
were  tallow  chandlers.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dearborn  had  one 
child,  a  son,  that  died  in  infancy.  Rev.  Mr.  Dearborn 
was  ordained  a  minister  of  the  gospel  by  a  council 
called  by  the  Baptist  church  in  the  town  of  Bronson, 
Berlin  County,  Ohio,  April  24,  1861.  After  laboring  as 
an  evangelist  a  few  years,  he  was  settled  as  pastor  over 
the  churches  in  the  following  towns  of  Massachusetts  : 
North  Leverett,  one  year  and  three  months  ;  Southwick, 
six  years ;  Manchaug,  a  village  in  the  town  of  Sutton, 
four  years  ;  Granville,  six  and  one-half  years ;  and 
Russell,  four  years.  He  was  thus  settled  sixteen  and 
one-half  years  in  the  three  towns,  Southwick,  Granville, 
and  Russell,  which  join  one  another.  He  has  retired 
from  the  active  ministry  on  account  of  poor  health.  He 
resides  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  No.  44,  Myrtle  street. 
Rev.  Mr.  Dearborn  is  a  self-educated  and  self-made 
man.  He  has  labored  for  the  salvation  of  his  fellow 
men  with  great  success,  and  has  been  highly  esteemed 
by  God's  people.  The  following  resolutions  were 
passed  at  the  close  of  his  pastorate  in  Granville,  1881  : 


178  BAETLETT  MEMORIALS. 

"Whereas  our  beloved  pastor,  Rev.  D.  A.  Dearborn,  is 
about  to  leave  us,  after  a  successful  pastorate  of  six 
years  and  six  months ;  and  whereas  both  he  and  his 
wife  have  been  incessant  in  their  efforts  to  promote  both 
our  temporal  and  spiritual  advancement  and  the  well- 
being  of  the  community,  therefore, 

1.  "Resolved,  That  we  tender  them  our  most  sincere 
regards,  our  unfeigned  gratitude  and  our  best  wishes  for 
their  prosperity  and  happiness. 

2.  "Resolved,  That  we  render  to  God  devout  praise 
for  the  success  which  has  attended  their  labors,  and  that 
we  fervently  pray  the  Great  Head  of  the  church  soon  to 
permit  our  Brother,  with  renewed  strength  and  vigor  to 
occupy  some  other  portion  of  the  vineyard. 

3.  "Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  above  be  placed  in 
the  hands  of  the  retiring  pastor,  and  that  one  also  be 
sent  for  publication  to  The  Watchman. 

"Adopted  by  the  Baptist  church  in  Granville,  Mass., 
in  covenant  meeting,  April  29,  1881." 

"John  A.  Root,  Church  Clerk." 

JOHN  C.  DEARBORN,  2d,  BRANCH. 

John  C.  Dearborn,  2d,  son  of  Benjamin,  was  born 
November  3,  1828.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Canton,  is  a  lover 
of  music,  and  has  been  active  for  years  in  the  Baptist 
church  of  which  he  is  a  member.  He  is  a  Republican. 
He  was  married  to  Amanda  M.  Puller,  daughter  of 
Ezra  Fuller  of  Hartford.  They  had  one  child,  9Mabel 
F.,  who  was  born  June  5,  1858.  She  attended  school 
four  terms  at  Hebron  Academy,   and  one  year  at  the 


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BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  179 

Classical  Institute  at  Waterville,  when  she  was  obliged 
to  leave  on  account  of  ill  health.  She  was  a  fine  scholar 
and  a  successful  teacher.  She  was  married  to  Rev.  W. 
H.  Wyman,  a  Baptist  clergyman.  She  died  of  consump- 
tion, October  25,  1881. 

8DANIEL  B.  DEARBORN  BRANCH. 

Daniel  B.  Dearborn,  son  of  Benjamin,  was  born  April 
16,  1831.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Canton  and  belongs  to  the 
Second  Advent  Christian  church.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  December  17,  1858  he  was  married  to 
Celestia  J.  Lowe,  daughter  of  Moses  Lowe.  She  was 
born  February  9,  1838.  They  have  had  five  children, 
all  of  whom  were  born  in  Canton  :  Josephine  O.,  born 
March  15,  1860;  Wilson,  born  February  22,  1862; 
Florentine  B.,  born  October  29,  1865  ;  Percy  E.,  born 
June  30,  1873  ;  and  Lucien  L.,  born  May  12, 1875.  Jose- 
phine O.  Dearborn  was  married  to  Henry  E.  Coolidge, 
April  26,  1883.  They  have  had  one  child,  10Charles 
W.,  born  January  23,  1884.  Mr.  Coolidge  is  a  graduate 
of  Bates  College,  class  of  1881,  and  has  been  for  six 
years  principal  of  the  High  school,  North  Berwick,  Me. 
Florentine  E.  Dearborn  was  married  to  Warren  W. 
Moses,  March  5,  1888.  Dr.  Moses  is  a  dentist  and  is 
located  at  Jay  Bridge. 

8CLARRISSA  T.  DEARBORN  BRANCH. 

Clarrissa  T.  Dearborn,  daughter  of  Benjamin,  was 
born  May  26,  1833.  She  was  married  to  Uriah  A. 
Proctor,  January  29,  1856.     Mr.  Proctor  was  a  farmer 


180  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

and  was  born  December,  1830,  and  died  in  Yerndale, 
Minn.,  January  23, 1882.  They  had  five  children  :  Ernest, 
Mary  F.,  Emogene,  Harry,  and  Claud.  Ernest  Proctor, 
born  September  5,  1856,  was  married,  January  23,  1881, 
to  Mary  Clark,  who  was  born  May,  1866.  They  have 
had  three  children :  Almon,  born  June  10,  1882 ;  Win- 
nie, born  March  11,  1884  ;  and  Mertie,  born  December  3, 
1887.  Mary  F.  Proctor,  born  January  29,  1858,  was 
married,  April  18,  1878,  to  Charles  Erlich,  who  was  born 
August  27,  1856.  She  died  December  10,  1887.  They 
had  one  child,  Ethel  M.,  born  February  8,  1881.  Emo- 
gene Proctor,  born  October  29,  1861,  was  married  July 
23,  1882,  to  Silas  Rosebrook,  who  was  born  September  3, 
1859.  They  have  had  two  children  ;  Cecil,  born  Decem- 
ber 15,  1884,  and  Mirle,  born  October  8,  1887.  Harry 
Proctor  was  born  July  1 5,  1870,  and  Claud  Proctor  was 
born  June  8,  1878. 


8THURZA  DEARBORN  BRANCH. 

Thurza  Dearborn,  youngest  child  of  Benjamin,  was 
born  January  22,  1836.  She  was  married  to  Eliab 
Bisbee,  son  of  Eliab,  December  25,  1857.  Mr.  Bisbee 
was  a  blacksmith.  He  was  born  October  1,  1831.  From 
him  Mrs.  Bisbee  obtained  a  divorce,  and,  October  30, 
1877,  was  married  to  Charles  Crockett,  a  farmer  in  West 
Sumner,  who  was  born  July  27,  1827.  By  her  first 
husband  she  had  four  children:  9Benjamin  F.,  born 
June  7,  1864,  is  in  business  at  Norway;  Fannie  F., 
born  July  26,  1866,  died  January  6,  1868 ;  Carrie  E., 
born  January  6,  1870  ;  and  Minnie  M.,  born  February 
11,  1872. 


PART   III. 


BARTWT  MEMORIAL 


CONTINUED. 


B&rlMl  Memori&Is. 


The  following  history  was  received  after  Parts  I  and 
II  had  been  sent  to  the  press  : 

7Rev.  Edwin  M.  Bartlett,  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  church,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  has  the  following 
lineage :  6Malachi,  born  1789,  Mosiah,  1753,  4Robert, 
1713,  3Robert,  1663,  2Joseph,  1639,  Robert,  1603.  Rev. 
Mr.  Bartlett' s  grandfather,  Josiah,  was  born  in  Plym- 
outh, Mass.,  and  was  married  to  Martha  Holmes.  Their 
children  were,  Samuel,  Robert,  Sylvanus,  Malachi, 
Martha,  and  Abigail,  and  perhaps  other  daughters. 
About  the  year  1800  Mr.  Josiah  Bartlett  moved  from 
Plymouth  to  Norway,  Maine,  where  he  died. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bartlett' s  father,  Malachi,  was  born  in 
Plymouth,  October,  1789.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812.  "After  the  birth  of  his  second  child  he  moved 
from  Norway  to  Abbot,  Me.,  of  which  town  he  was  one 
of  the  early  settlers.  He  was  a  prominent  man,  serving 
many  years  as  one  of  the  town  and  county  officers.  He 
was  a  life  long  Abolitionist,  and  was  a  candidate  of  that 
party  for  the  state  legislature,  at  which  time  his  name 
gave  rise  to  the  campaign  jest,  that  they  tore  up  the  last 
book  of  the  Old  Testament  for  the  party-ballot.  He  was 
a  deacon  of  the  Free  Baptist  church  more  than  60  years.' 
He  was  married  to  Joanna  Cobb,   who  was   born  in 


184  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

Carver,  Mass.  They  had  eight  children  :  Orin,  Eunice, 
Martha  D.,  Frank,  Josiah,  Abigail,  Lydia  P.,  and 
Edwin  M. 

7Rev.  Orin  Bartlett,  born  in  1820,  and  ordained  in 
Abbot,  is  a  minister  of  the  Free  Baptist  denomination. 
He  preached  thirteen  years  in  Harrison,  several  years  in 
Cornish  and  Gardiner,  and  seven  years  in  Vinalhaven. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  State  Legislature  one 
term.  He  has  retired  from  the  ministry,  and  now  resides 
in  Wisconsin,  where  live  two  of  his  children,  Decatur 
and  Marietta.  His  oldest  son,  8Da:ntel  C,  is  a  lawyer 
in  Boston.  He  was  married  to  Kate  Wilder  of  Bridgton, 
Me.  They  have  had  three  children  :  9Fred,  Daniel  and 
Raymond.  ^Eunice,  born  1822,  was  married  to  Benja- 
min Gordon.  They  had  two  children,  Martha  and  Anna. 
She  died  in  Abbot,  1872.  7Martha  D.,  born  1824,  was 
married  to  Joshua  Buck  of  Stillwater,  Me.,  and  died 
about  1856.     They  had  two  children,  Mary  and  Martha. 

7Frank  Bartlett,  born  1827,  was  married  to  Sarah 
Mitchell  of  Auburn,  Me.  They  have  had  five  children  : 
7GeorgeE.,  Frank,  Etta,  Alice,  and  Nellie.  Mr.  Bart- 
lett and  his  two  sons  are  dry-goods  merchants  in 
Auburn.  7Josiah,  born  1829,  was  married  to  Jane  Hill- 
man,  and  died  in  1863.  They  had  two  children,  Eva 
and  Chester.  7Abigail,  born  1831,  was  married  to 
Edward  Bray  of  Harrison.  They  have  had  two  children, 
Nellie  G.  and  Flora  D.  7Lydia  P.,  born  1833,  was 
married  to  George  Cobb  of  Abbot. 

7Rev.  Edwin M.  Bartlett,  born  in  Abbot,  Me.,  1837, 
was  married,  August  5,  1860,  to  Julia  E  Reynolds  of 
Auburn.     They  have  had  six  children:  Edith  M.,  born 


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December  16,  1861  ;  Ada  C,  born  August  15,  1863,  was 
married  to  Emil  H.  Bemis  of  Holyoke,  May  29,  1888 ; 
8Walter  Reynolds  Bartlett,  born  December  15, 
1867,  entered  Amherst  College,  1886  ;  Carleton  Parker^ 
born  November  17,  1869,  died  March  22,  1870  ;  Alice M., 
born  July  24,  1874,  is  a  member  of  the  Holyoke  High 
School ;  and  Howard  Edwin,  born  June  24,  1879,  died 
August  29,  1881. 

Rev.  Edwin  M.  Bartlett  "was  ordained  as  pastor  of 
the  Baptist  church  in  Bethel,  Me.,  June  26,  1867.  After 
serving  this  church  two  years  he  was  called  to  the  church 
in  Livermore  Falls,  where  he  remained  two  years. 
Those  pastorates  though  short  were  prosperous,  and  the 
relation  was  severed  only  because  Providence  seemed  to 
call  to  wider  fields.  From  Livermore  Falls,  in  response 
to  a  call  which  came  unsought,  he  moved  to  Bath,  Me., 
and  took  the  pastorate  of  the  Elm  street  Baptist  church. 
In  the  fall  of  1872  he  settled  at  Amesbury,  Mass.  This 
pastorate  continued  nearly  four  years,  and  at  its  close 
the  following  item  appeared  in  the  local  paper  :  " 

"We  are  well  aware  that  mention  has  already  been 
made  in  your  paper  that  Rev.  E.  M.  Bartlett  is  to  leave 
us  ;  yet  we  feel  that  too  much  regret  cannot  be  expressed 
at  his  departure.  We  consider  that  community  fortu- 
nate that  has  him  for  a  member,  and  that  church  will  be 
likely  to  prosper  with  him  as  pastor  and  G-od's  blessing 
to  crown  their  work.  He  has  been  with  us  almost  four 
years,  and  during  that  time  has  gained  many  warm 
friends.  Not  only  do  his  own  church  and  society 
express  great  regret,  but  every  one  we  meet.  As  chair- 
man of  the  school  committee  he  will  be  missed.     We 


186  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

fear  it  will  be  long  before  we  can  fill  his  place  in  the 
Good  Templar's  Lodge  where  he  has  done  a  noble  work. 
In  the  community  at  large  he  has  always  been  ready  for 
every  good  word  and  work.  But  upon  the  Baptist 
church  his  loss  falls  most  heavily.  We  understand  that 
every  member  regrets  his  departure.  The  farewell 
sermon  was  delivered  last  Sabbath  and  will  be  long 
remembered  by  the  large  number  present.  Doubtless  it 
will  be  well  reported  by  your  correspondent  who  was 
busily  writing  during  its  delivery.  We  feel  that  we  but 
express  the  thought  of  every  heart,  when  we  wish  him 
and  his  beloved  family  a  hearty  God-speed." 

"The  church  also  passed  some  very  strong  resolutions, 
and  what  was  yet  more  pleasant,  the  large  Congrega- 
tional church  of  the  village,  at  its  annual  meeting,  passed 
a  series  of  very  hearty  resolutions,  inscribing  them  in  its 
records  and  presenting  a  copy  to  Mr.  Bartlett  by  their 
clerk.  Expressions  of  regret,  in  resolutions  and  local 
items,  have  been  made  in  every  church  and  community 
in  which  he  has  labored.  The  Athol  pastorate  continued 
from  July  1876  to  December  1880,  and  from  March,  1877, 
he  was  a  member  of  the  school  board,  and  made  the 
annual  reports." 

"In  the  cause  of  temperance  his  labors  have  been 
abundant,  and  at  one  time  he  was  one  of  the  lecturers  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Good  Templars  of  Massachusetts. 
He  delivered  a  Memorial  address  on  the  death  of  Henry 
Wilson  in  Amesbury,  and  has  given  addresses  on  many 
occasions,  one  being  in  Holyoke  at  the  Memorial  service 
for  President  Garfield.  He  also  read  a  poem  in  the  city 
hall  Memorial  day,  1881,  a  service  performed  by  request 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  187 

of  G.  A.  R.  posts,  for  several  years  in  succession.  He 
wrote  a  poem  that  was  read  at  a  complimentary  dinner 
to  Secretary  Flint,  at  the  Parker  house,  Boston,  by  Hon. 
Geo.  B.  Loring.  He  also  wrote  the  dedicatory  hymn 
for  the  church  where  he  is  now  pastor.  His  present 
settlement  dates  from  January  2,  1881." 

Rev.  Mr.  Bartlett  says,  "Traces  of  the  poetic  gift 
still  exist  in  different  families  of  the  present  generation. 
Most  notable  among  these  is  Miss  N.  Grace  Bray, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Abbie  Bartlett  Bray  of  Harri- 
son, Maine,  who  has  written  many  poems  of  great  merit, 
and  has  won  a  place  in  'The  Poets  of  Maine',  a  book 
but  recently  published." 


J.  S.  Bartlett,  of  Bangor,  Me.,  is  a  traveling  agent 
for  J.  M.  Childs  &  Co.,  Utica,  N.  Y.  He  writes  that  his 
father,  Webber  Bartlett,  who  died  September,  1875, 
aged  77  years,  8  months,  was  a  native  of  Elliot,  Me.  It 
is  thought  this  family  are  descendants  of  the  Plymouth 
Bartletts.  There  were  eleven  in  his  father's  family: 
Jeremiah,  Ballard,  Enoch,  Eben,  Rufus,  Ivory,  John, 
Webber,  Abigail,  Hannah,  and  Lydia.  Mr.  J.  S.  Bart- 
lett's  brothers  are,  Thomas,  Eben  E.,  William,  Enoch, 
Jeremiah,  Ephraim,  and  his  sister  is  Mrs.  H.  M.  Staples. 
The  children  of  these  families  are  very  numerous. 


10Charles  H.  Bartlett  (9IchabodD.,  8James,  Uoseph, 
6Richard,  5Richard,  4Richard,  'Richard,  'Richard,  Mohn) 
is  a  lawyer  in  Bangor,  Me.,  and  has  a  distinguished 
ancestry.     His  father,  Ichabod  Daniel  Bartlett,  was  born 


188  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

in  Dover,  N.  H.,  November  25,  1823.  He  graduated  at 
Bowdoin  College  in  1843.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth 
F.  Hammath  at  Bangor,  1857,  "where  he  was  in  the 
practice  of  law  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Rowe  &  Bart- 
lett,  which  had  a  large  and  successful  practice.  He 
died,  July  27,  1861,  at  Bar  Harbor,  Me."  His  only 
child,  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  was  born  at  Bangor,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1858.  "He  graduated  from  Phillips  Academy, 
Exeter,  June,  1878.  He  entered  Harvard  in  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  (Class  of  1882),  where  he  remained  two 
years,  leaving  there  at  the  beginning  of  his  Junior  year 
to  begin  the  study  of  law.  After  reading  law  in  the 
office  of  Wilson  &  Woodard  of  Bangor  for  two  years, 
October,  1882,  he  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School,  as  a 
special  student,  where  he  remained  a  year,  and  after 
reading  a  few  months  more  in  the  same  office,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Penobscot  bar,  November  10,  1883,  at 
Bangor,  where  he  has  ever  since  been  in  practice.  June 
3,  1885  he  was  married  to  Virginia  D.  Hight." 


Mames  A.  Bartlett,  President  of  the  Marine  Insurance 
Company  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  was  born  in  Boston  and 
sprung  from  Robert  of  Plymouth.  This  in  brief  is  the 
history  of  his  ancestry  :  Robert  Bartlett,  born  in 
England,  arrived  in  the  ship  Ann  and  settled  at 
Plymouth  in  1623.  ^Joseph,  his  son,  was  born  in 
Plymouth  in  1639,  and  was  married  to  Hannah  Fallowell. 
They  had  a  son,  'Benjamin.  Benjamin  had  a  son, 
^Nathaniel,  who  was  born  in  Plymouth  in  1703,  and 
married  to  Abigail  Clark.     They  had  a  son,  5Andrew, 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  189 

who  was  born  in  Plymouth  in  1738,  and  married  to 
Lydia  Churchill.  Most  of  the  Bartletts  in  Plymouth 
were  farmers,  but  Andrew's  son,  6Henry,  born  in 
Plymouth  in  1768,  and  married  to  Clarissa  Harlow,  was 
a  sea  captain.  He  had  three  sons :  7Hosea,  the  father 
of  James  A.;  Seth,  who  died  in  Duxbury  a  few  years 
since  ;  and  Henry,  who  was  taken  prisoner  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  subsequently  settled  in  New  York.  Hosea 
Bartlett  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  December  26, 
1796,  and  died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  August  20,  1876.  He 
was  married  to  Abigail  Tilden,  who  was  born  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  in  1801,  and  died  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  September 
13,  1849.  They  had  six  children  :  Charles  Henry,  born 
April  7,  1828  ;  Thomas  Tilden,  born  November  30, 1829  ; 
Frances  Burns,  born  September  14,  1831,  died  at  St. 
Louis,  December  31, 1856;  James  Alfred,  born  September 
11,  1834 ;  Mary  Cushing,  born  October  14,  1837 ;  and 
Hannah  Tilden,  born  November  24,  1839. 

Charles  H.  Bartlett  is  now  living  on  a  farm  at  Godfrey, 
about  30  miles  from  St.  Louis.  Thomas  T.  Bartlett,  who 
served  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  as  Lieutenant 
and  Quartermaster  of  Kit  Carson's  celebrated  regiment 
of  Indian  fighters,  is  living  in  New  Mexico.  Mr.  James 
A.  Bartlett  settled  in  1851  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  mar- 
ried in  1857.  He  has  five  children.  He  has  a  line  record 
as  a  citizen  and  business  man. 


ADONIRAM    BARTLETT. 

We  have  thought  that  Adoniram  sprung  from  Robert 
of  Plymouth,  but  it  appears  now  that  he  descended  from 


190  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

the  Newbury  family.  Rev.  Wm.  S.  Heywood,  who  is 
engaged  in  writing  an  important  historical  work,  and 
who  has  looked  up  the  history  of  the  Bartletts  to  some 
extent,  writes  me  as  follows  :  "The  History  of  the  Bart- 
letts (by  Levi  Bartlett)  says  nothing  whatever  of  the 
Brookfield  branch,  and  none  of  the  books  (in  the  Boston 
Genealogical  and  Historical  Society)  that  I  could  find 
give  any  clue  to  their  origin."  ***** 
"  Adoniram  was  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Bartlett) 
Bartlett,  born  September  10  (?),   1735,  and  published  to 

Miriam   Marsh   of November,  1760.      Thomas   the 

father,  was  born  July  25,  1697 — parentage  not  given. 
He  married  Mary  Bartlett,  March  12,  1719,  and  died 
December  7,  1774.  She,  Mary,  died  January  15,  1751. 
Adoniram  was  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1755-7. 
This  was  all  I  could  find  about  him,  and  this  I  learned 
from  Temple's  History  of  North  Brookfield.  1  am  sorry 
I  could  not  do  more  for  you,  but  there  is  many  a  genea- 
logical thread  that  cannot  be  followed  to  the  skein 
whence  it  came,  as  you  have  long  ago  found." 

Dr.  T.  B.  Drew,  who  is  a  thoroughly  reliable  authority 
on  the  genealogical  records  of  Plymouth  families,  says, 
"I  feel  convinced  that  Adoniram  Bartlett  could  not  have 
descended  from  Robert  of  Plymouth,  for  he  had  only 
two  sons,  Benjamin  and  Joseph,  and  I  have  looked  at 
their  family  records  and  find  no  Thomas,  born  1697. 
When  you  get  beyond  those  generations,  you  are  too  far 
along  to  find  anyone  born  before  1700.  Robert,  son  of 
Joseph  (above)  had  a  son,  Thomas,  born  1694,  but  our 
record  says  he  married  Abigail  Finney.  Mr.  Davis 
(Wm.  T.,  author  of  Landmarks  of  Plymouth)  says  he 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  191 

feels  almost  sure  those  Brookfield  Bartletts  came  from 
the  Newbury  family."  We  will  now  give  the  history  of 
the  descendants  of  Adoniram  so  far  as  we  are  able. 

Adoniram  Bartlett,  was  born  September  16,  1735, 
and  died  September  23,  1805.  He  came  from  West 
Boooktield,  Mass.,  and  settled  in  Conway,  Mass.,  about 
1788.  He  was  married,  February  4,  1761,  to  Miriam 
Marsh,  who  was  born  January  18,  1743,  and  died 
January  27,  1822.  They  had  twelve  children  :  Amos, 
born  May  28,  1762,  died  December  11,  1834  ;  Jeduthan, 
born  December  15,  1763,  died  October  21,  1H45  ;  Miriam, 
born  October  14, 1765  ,  died  September  22,  1811 ;  Josiah, 
born  August  11,  1767,  died  October  18,  1847 ;  Calvin, 
born  May  29,  1770,  died  April  28,  1853;  Sarah,  born 
February  27,  1772,  died  July  14,  1854 ;  Samuel,  born 
April  15,  1774,  died  May  19,  1845  ;  Hannah,  born  April 
15,  1774,  died  September  3,  1842  ;  Lydia,  born  February 
29,  1776,  died  September  13,  1777 ;  Lydia,  2d,  born  July 
27,  1778,  died  August  15,  1803  ;  Luther,  born  May  29, 
1782,  died  January  16,  1855;  Adoniram,  born  September 
12,  1785,  died  August  6,  1862. 

Luther  Bartlett,  son  of  Adoniram,  was  born  in 
West  Brookfield,  May  29,  1782,  and  died  January  16, 
1855.  He  was  a  much  respected  citizen,  filled  many 
offices  of  public  trust  in  the  town,  was  noted  for  his 
integrity  and  power  of  reasoning,  was  a  great  student 
of  the  Bible,  and  a  life-long  Democrat.  He  was  married 
to  Anna  Nims.  They  had  nine  children :  all  born  in 
Conway  :  Lyman  ;  Franklin  ;  Julia  Elma,  born  Septem- 
ber 21,  1810,  died  January  24,  1815 ;  Edwin  ;  Julia 
Elma,  2d ;  Luther ;  Alfred,  born  March  28,   1819,  died 


192  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

April  14,  1825  ;  Dares,  born  August  15,  1821,  went  to 
Illinois  and  then  to  California,  where  he  died  December 
29,  1849  ;  and  Alfred,  2d. 

Dr.  Lyman  Bartlett,  son  of  Luther,  was  born 
November  21,  1807,  and  died  June  6,  1865.  He  was  a 
practicing  physician  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  for  some 
thirty  years.  He  spent  two  years  in  Europe  studying 
surgery.  He  was  considered  at  the  head  of  the  medical 
profession  in  his  city.  His  first  wife  was  Rebecca  E. 
Gooding.  His  second  was  Elizabeth  Swain  by  whom  he 
had  three  children  :  Frank,  William  (deceased),  and 
Halleck. 

Franklin  Bartlett,  son  of  Luther,  is  a  farmer  in 
Deerfield,  Mass.,  and  was  born  March  27,  1809.  He  is 
an  esteemed  citizen  of  the  town.  He  was  married  to 
Esther  Anderson.  They  have  had  six  children  :  Matilda, 
Julia  Elma,  Elizabeth  Anderson,  Anna  Nims,  Ella  Delia, 
and  Luther. 

Edwin  Bartlett,  son  of  Luther,  is  a  successful 
farmer  in  Ontarioville,  111.  He  was  born  October  6, 1812. 
He  was  married  to  a  Miss  Hamilton  for  his  first  wife,  by 
whom  he  had  four  children  :  Imogene,  Nettie,  Ada  and 
Julia.  His  second  wife  was  Mary  Smith,  by  whom  he 
had  seven  children  :  Edwin,  Alfred,  Irving,  Hettie,  Efiie, 
Hamilton,  and  Lizzie. 

Julia  Elma  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Luther,  was  born 
August  19,  1814,  and  died  in  South  Deerfield,  February 
16,  1879.  She  was  married,  March  26,  1843,  to  Rev. 
William  Wilcox,  who  was  born  in  Lempster,  N.  H., 
April  11,  1812,  died  at  Jamaica,  Vt.,  October  9,  1854. 
They  had  six  children :   Lyman  Bartlett  Wilcox,  born 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  193 

June  25,  1845,  is  a  carpenter  in  Elgin,  Illinois  ;  William 
Fenelon,  deceased ;  Luany  Brooks,  born  May  26,  1849, 
died  January  15,  1864  ;  Charles  Sumner,  born  March  18, 

1851,  died  in  1854;  Frederick  Oberlin,  born  October  18, 

1852,  died  in  1854 ;  and  Julia  Elma  Wilcox,  born  in 
Jamaica,  Vt.,  November  17,  1854.  She  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Deerfield  and  at  the  State  Normal 
school,  Westfield,  Mass.,  where  she  graduated  as  valedic- 
torian of  her  class.  She  taught  six  years  in  Whitinsville, 
Mass.,  three  years  in  Holyoke,  and  has  taught  four 
years  in  Philadelphia,  where  she  is  now  located.  Miss 
Wilcox  is  a  lady  of  culture,  a  fine  conversationalist,  and 
a  first  class  teacher. 

Luther  Bartlett,  son  of  Luther,  was  born  July  21, 
1817,  and  died  June  25,  1882.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a 
most  honorable  man.  He  lived  in  Bartlett,  111.,  the 
town  taking  its  name  from  him  on  account  of  his  gifts 
and  the  public  interest  he  took  in  its  welfare. 
He  was  married  to  Sophia  Bartlett.  They  had  nine 
children  :  Cora,  Bascom  Scribner,  Carrie,  Chester,  Ella, 
Luther,  Frances,  Ira,  and  Elma  Julia. 

Alfred  Bartlett,  son  of  Luther,  was  born  October  4, 
1827,  on  the  old  homestead  in  Conway  where  he  now  lives. 
He  was  one  of  the  assessors  and  selectmen  for  many  years. 
Kind  and  thoughtful  towards  all,  he  is  a  man  highly 
respected  and  honored  by  a  host  of  friends.  His  home 
is  always  one  of  cordial  hospitality.  He  has  been  a  life- 
long Democrat.  January  31,  1850  he  was  married  to 
Lydia  Sherman,  a  kind  and  worthy  companion.  They 
have  had  four  children  :  Dares  Emery  ;  Emily  Sherman, 
born  August  18,  1854 ;  Edwin  Luther ;  and  Anna  Caro- 


194  BARTLETT   MEMORIALS. 

line,  born  November  14, 1863.  The  sisters  were  educated 
at  the  State  Normal  school  at  Westfield,  Mass.  They 
are  successful  teachers  and  worthy  young  ladies. 

Dr.  Dares  Emery  Bartlett  was  born  in  Conway, 
April  3,  1852.  After  practicing  dentistry  in  Iowa  several 
years,  he  settled  in  Holyoke,  Mass.,  in  1884.  He  was 
married  to  Hattie  J.  Field,  daughter  of  George  Field  of 
Conway,  November  11,  1876.  Dr.  Edwin  Luther 
Bartlett  was  born  in  Conway,  November  29,  1856. 
In  1879  he  commenced  the  study  of  dentistry,  and 
attended  the  Baltimore  Dental  College.  He  is  in 
company  with  his  brother,  Dares.  The  Bartlett  brothers 
have  the  reputation  in  Holyoke  of  doing  good  work  in 
their  profession,  and  of  standing  well  in  society. 

In  speaking  of  the  characteristics  of  these  Bartletts 
(Adoniram  and  descendants),  a  relative  says,  "  So  far  as 
I  know,  it  is  true  that  they  have  been  to  the  last  man 
or  woman,  honest  and  virtuous.  I  have  yet  to  hear 
of  the  first  one  addicted  to  strong  drink.  They  have 
been  farmers  largely,  but  I  think  it  is  true  of  my  grand- 
father and  uncles  that  they  have  mostly  been  men  of 
more  than  usual  intelligence  for  their  walk  in  life. 
They  have  been  as  a  family  noted  for  their  dry,  good- 
natured  wit  and  great  love  for  music." 

In  concluding  these  Memorials,  the  compiler  desires 
to  express  the  hope  that  he  has  been  able  to  save  from 
oblivion  a  few  important  facts  and  dates  which  will  be 
of  especial  interest  to  the  families,  whose  history  has 
been  briefly  told.  He  trusts  the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  united  action  will  be  taken  by  the  different 
branches,  and  the  history  of  the  great  Bartlett  Family 
of  America  will  be  fully  and  ably  written. 

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Index  to  Christian  Names, 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Abbie  B., 

174 

Carrie, 

193 

Abbie  E., 

175 

Cecil, 

157, 159 

Abbie  H., 

153 

Charles, 

54 

Abigail, 

54 

183,  184,  187 

Charles  C,  . 

150,  153 

Abigail  P., 

138, 151 

Charles,  H., 

53,  187,  188,  189 

Abner, 

71 

Charles  P., 

89, 

90,  138,  145,  146, 

Ada, 

192 

147, 150, 151, 

152, 

153,  159, 162, 166, 

Ada  C, 

185 

170 

AdaM., 

58 

Chester, 

.    154,  184,  193 

Adam, 

53, 

54,  58,  59,  66 

Christopher. 

54 

Adelia, 

102 

Christopher 

w., 

173,  174 

Adoniram, 

189 

190,  191,  194 

Cora, 

193 

Albert, 

66 

Cornelius, 

71 

Alfred, 

191,  192,  193 

Dana, 

153 

Alice, 

184 

Daniel,  54,  67,  88 

,  92,  94,  139,  159, 

Alice  M., 

185 

162,  165,  166,  167,   168,  169,  170, 

Alton, 

175 

171,  172,  184 

America, 

100,  101 

Daniel  C, 

184 

America  F., 

102 

Dares, 

192 

Andrew, 
Ann, 

188,  189 
166,  170 

Dares  E., 
David, 

193,  194 
.          71 

Anna  B., 

157,  159 

Decatur, 

184 

Anna  C, 

193 

Dorcas, 

54 

Anna  M., 

154 

Eben, 

187 

Anna  N., 

192 

Eben  E., 

187 

Arvilla, 

99, 154 

Ebenezer, 

.    66,  75 

Ballard, 

187 

Ebenezer,  Jr 

., 

66,  75,  76  88 

Bascom, 

193 

Edee, 

151 

Benjamin,  61 

»,  67,  68, 

69,  70  71,  72, 
75, 188,  190 

Edith, 
Edmund, 

184 
.    54,  61 

Renjamin  Jr 

, 

75 

Edwin, 

191,  192 

Bertie, 

154 

Edwin  L., 

193,  194 

Betsey, 

67,  94,  131 

Edwin  M., 

7 

5,  183,  184,  185 

Betsey  B., 

71 

Effle, 

192 

Caleb. 

62 

Elizabeth,  67 

,  72, 

77 

,  87,  88,  90, 156 

Calvin, 

191 

Elizabeth  A. 

192 

Carleton, 

185 

Ella, 

193 

iye 

INDEX. 

PAGK 

PAGE 

Ella  D., 

192 

Ichabod  D.,              .            .  53,  187 

Ellis, 

70 

Imogene,       .            .            .        192 

Elraa, 

193 

Ira,      67,  94,  99,  154,  156,  157,  158 

Emerson, 

175 

159,  193 

Emily, 

193 

Ira,  Jr.,         .            .             154,  157 

Enoch, 

187 

Irving,           .            ,            .        192 

Ephraim, 

187 

Isaac, 

69 

Erastus, 

69 

Ivory, 

187 

Etta, 

184 

James, 

187 

Eunice, 

184 

James  A.,     . 

188,189 

Eva, 

184 

J.  S., 

187 

Ezra, 

55 

Jeduthan, 

191 

Fanny, 

173 

Jeremiah, 

187 

Fidelia, 

100,  104 

Jerusha, 

76 

Frances, 

193 

John,  53,  54,  57,  59,  60,  61,  64,  66,  70 

Frances  B.    . 

189 

71,  76,  88,  89,  90,  92,  94,  95,  106 

Frank, 

184,  192 

108,  131,  132,  137,  154, 159, 172. 176 

Frank  F.,      . 

152 

187 

Frank  M.,     . 

175 

John  Jr.,   67,  94,  137,  138,  139,  151 

Franklin, 

.191, 192 

152,  153 

Fred, 

.153,184 

John  H.,       .            .            .138,  153 

Frederic, 

72 

Joseph,  54,  65,  67,  69,  70,  71,  72,73 

George, 

.    56,  69 

75,   94,   172,  173,  175,  183,  187,  188 

George  B.,    . 

57 

190 

George  E.,    . 

184 

Joseph  W.,  .            .            .173,  175 

Gertrude, 

152 

Josiah,         54,  55,  75,  183,  184,  191 

Gratia, 

157 

JosiahA.,     .            .            .173,175 

Halleck, 

192 

Julia,             .            .            .192 

Hamilton, 

192 

Julia  E.,       .            .            .191,192 

Hannah, 

.187,191 

Lemira,         .            .            .100,103 

Hannah  P.,  . 

166 

Levi,      53,  55,  56,  58,  60,  61,  62,  65 

Hannah  T., 

189 

68,  190 

Harvey, 

154,156 

Lewis,           .            .            .138 

Helen, 

175 

Lillian, 

153 

Henry, 

189 

Lizzie, 

192 

Hettie, 

.     .      «  192 

Lucretia, 

71 

Hezekiah, 

154 

Lucy, 

71 

Hiram 

100 

Luther,          .            .191,  192,  193 

Horace 

154,  157,  159 

Lydia,    67,  76,  88,  90,  102,  187,  191 

Horace  B.,    . 

159 

LydiaL.,      .           .            .173,174 

Horatio, 

100 

Lydia  P.,      .            .            .        184 

Hosea, 

189 

Lydia  S.,       .            .            .154,157 

Howard, 

185 

Lyman,         .            .            .191,  192 

Ichabod, 

71,  72,  75 

Lysander,     .            .71, 94, 

138,  152 

INDEX. 


197 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Malachi, 

.  75,  183 

Robert,  53,  54,  I 

Margaret,              54,  66,  69,  94,  106 

72,  73,  75,  95 

,  183,  187, 188, 189,190 

Margaret,  Lady 

64 

Robert  B., 

72 

Mary, 

67,  88,  90,  190 

Rose, 

153 

Mary  A., 

154 

Roy, 

102 

Mary  C, 

189 

Rufus, 

187 

Mary  F., 

.154, 158 

Samuel,    71, 

72,  75,  77,  87,  183,  191 

Marietta, 

184 

Sarah, 

.  67,  72,  75,  191 

Martha, 

183 

Sarah  H., 

.100, 106 

Martha  D.. 

184 

Seth, 

189 

Matilda, 

192 

Simeon, 

65 

Mercy, 

67 

Sophia, 

193 

Miriam, 

191 

Stephen, 

.    55,  65 

Nancy, 

71 

Susan, 

100 

Nancy  M., 

.150, 151 

Sydney, 

.    ■                   69 

Nathaniel,  54,  66, 

70,  76,  77,  88,  89 

Sylvanus, 

.  71,  183 

90,  92,  94,  95,  100, 

102,  103,  104, 106 

Thomas, 

53,  54,  61,  187,  190 

188 

Thomas  T., 

189 

Nathaniel,  Jr., 

.    88,  90 

Uriah, 

72 

Nellie, 

184 

Walter  B., 

Sir,  56,  57,  58,  60,  61 

Nettie, 

192 

62,  63,  64,  65,  66 

Orin, 

184 

Walter  R  , 

185 

Orsamus, 

.    154,  157,  159 

Walter  S., 

71 

Osgood, 

, 

.102,156 

Webber, 

187 

Percy, 

.157, 159 

William, 

54,  71,  187,  192 

Phebe  S. 

138 

William  C, 

.  92,  152 

Polly, 

67,  95,  176 

William  K., 

66 

Prof  S.  C, 

.    56,  58 

William  L., 

70 

Raymond,     . 

184 

William  P., 

.157,  159 

Rebecca, 

.    67,  75 

Zacheus 

69 

Rendall, 

.166, 172 

Zenobe,        . 

.     88,  89,  90,  92 

Richard, 

53, 

5 

4,  55,  61,  62,  65 

UNIVF 


Index  of  Surnames 


OF  PERSONS  INTERMARRIED,   OR  CONNECTED, 
OR  OTHERWISE  MENTIONED. 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Abbott, 

-  90,  153 

Bragg, 

- 

117 

Abel, 

-    •                  72 

Bray, 

- 

184,  187 

Adams, 

-          70 

Brewster, 

- 

68,  75,  81,  88 

Alden, 

81.  86,  88 

Brian, 

- 

-  58,  59 

Alley, 

-     137, 157,  158 

3riggs,  71, 

90,  91,  92, 

112,  130,  173 

Anderson, 

-  90,  192 

Brooks, 

- 

97 

Andrews, 

82 

Brown, 

71 

,  96,  103,  166 

Arnold, 

-    •        -            115,  171 

Bryant, 

- 

99,  117, 118 

Arthur, 

-            -          79 

Buck, 

- 

184 

Atkins, 

169 

Burgess, 

- 

175 

Atwood, 

120 

Burke, 

- 

78 

Austin, 

105 

Burleigh, 

- 

101 

Bachelder, 

172 

Burpee, 

- 

169 

Bailey, 

86 

Butler, 

- 

137 

Baird, 

115 

Camoyes, 

- 

60 

Barnaby, 

-           -           -          67 

Campbell, 

- 

153 

Barrell, 

156 

Carson, 

- 

189 

Barrows,  ] 

L09,    111,    125,    126,    127 

Carter, 

- 

174 

128,  158 

Cary, 

107, 

108,  109,  110 

Bemis, 

185 

Charles  I., 

- 

62 

Benson, 

-  94,  128, 131,  132,  167 

Childs, 

- 

136,  187 

Berry, 

128 

Churchill, 

- 

150,  189 

Bicknell, 

135,  156 

Clark,  101, 

109,  114, 

115,  156,  180 

Bifley, 

127 

188 

Bisbee,  68, 

95,  96,  97,  98,  99,  100, 

Cobb, 

- 

183,  184 

112,  133,  134,  135,  180 

Cole, 

- 

81,  108 

Blake, 

90 

Conant, 

- 

113,  122 

Blaine, 

101,  168 

Cook, 

- 

-   73,  90 

Boldero, 

65 

Coolidge, 

- 

179 

Bonney,  110,    120,    121,  125,    126, 

Cotton, 

- 

86 

129,  137 

Coutts, 

- 

70 

Bosworth, 

123 

Crane, 

- 

116,  147,  149 

Brackett, 

-        175 

Crockett, 

- 

180 

Bradford, 

-     75,  83, 84,  89,  90,  92 

Curley, 

- 

175 

INDEX. 

199 

PAGE 

PAGE 

Daniels, 

- 

114 

Gray, 

94 

Darling, 

- 

97 

Hale, 

-    170,  171,  172 

Dart, 

- 

116 

Hall, 

102, 103, 124, 134 

Davis, 

-    55,  67, 

151,  155,  190 

Hamilton,     . 

192 

Day,  - 

- 

103 

Hammatt, 

188 

Dearborn, 

176,  177, 

178,  179,  180 

Hancock, 

55 

Decoster, 

- 

132 

Haney, 

136 

Delano, 

- 

76 

Harlow, 

-       67,  134,  189 

Doten, 

- 

-  68,  131 

Harmon, 

-    91,  96 

Dotey, 

- 

68 

Haskell, 

-    116,  176,  177 

D'Oyler, 

- 

-   58,  60 

Hayford,  99,  101 

,  104,  105,  106,  154 

Drew, 

68,  71,  72,  74,  99,  190 

155 

Dunham, 

- 

99 

Hazelton, 

116 

Dunn, 

- 

167 

Heald, 

123 

Dwinell, 

- 

175 

Hewett, 

121 

Earls, 

- 

57 

Heywood, 

-  78,  190 

Eells, 

- 

166 

Hight, 

188 

Ellis, 

107,  108, 

124,  173,  174 

Hillman, 

184 

Erlich, 

- 

180 

Hines, 

151,  i52 

Fallowell, 

- 

188 

Hodgdon, 

123 

Farrar, 

- 

110 

Holmes, 

-  74,  183 

Field, 

- 

120,  122,  194 

Howard, 

-  99,  158 

Finney, 

- 

190 

Howland, 

-    52,  97 

Flint, 

- 

187 

Hughes, 

172 

Forbes, 

- 

118,  152 

Humphrey,  - 

117 

Ford, 

- 

-  58,  59 

Hurlin, 

113,  124 

Foss, 

- 

133 

Irish, 

118,  132 

Foster, 

- 

67 

Ivey, 

67 

Foye, 

- 

110,  177 

Jacobs, 

111 

Freeman, 

- 

117 

Jeffers, 

153 

French, 

- 

150 

Junkins, 

155 

Frohock, 

- 

171 

Keen, 

113,  121 

Fuller, 

- 

178 

Kilbrith,        106, 

131,  132,  133,  137 

Gammon, 

- 

152 

Kingsley, 

113 

Garfield, 

- 

186 

Knight, 

108 

George  III. 

, 

70 

Ladd, 

124 

Glover, 

- 

158,  159 

Lapham, 

95,     100 

Glynn, 

- 

71 

Lawrence,  68.  103,   119,   120,  125 

Goddard, 

- 

62 

138 

Goldsmith, 

- 

149 

Leonard, 

100 

Gooding, 

- 

192 

Lewknor, 

.    58,  60 

Goodwin, 

- 

173 

Litchfield,     - 

168 

Gordon , 

- 

184 

Little, 

71 

Greene, 

- 

158 

Lockwood,   -  - 

124 

200 

INDEX. 

PAGE 

PAGE 

Loring, 

187 

Pulsifer, 

- 

- 

132 

Lothrop, 

96 

Purkis, 

- 

-       '118 

Longfellow, 

72,  76,  77,  87,  88 

Reed, 

- 

- 

99,  105 

Lovell, 

86 

Reynolds, 

- 

184 

Lowe, 

-  ■      179 

Rice, 

- 

157 

Macaulay,     - 

58 

Richardson, 

- 

- 

112 

Maconney,    - 

118 

Ricker, 

- 

120: 

,  124,  125,  156 

Marsh, 

-190, 191 

Rider, 

- 

- 

67 

Marston, 

133 

Ridley, 

- 

- 

176 

Martin, 

172 

Ripley, 

- 

- 

129,  174 

McKenney,  - 

138 

Robinson, 

76, 

106, 

107.  109,  110, 

McWhinnie, 

126 

111, 

112, 

113, 

114, 115,  116, 

Mendall, 

138 

117, 

118, 

119, 

120, 121,  122, 

Mills, 

92 

123, 

124, 

125, 

126,  127, 128, 

Mitchell, 

-123,  184 

129,  130 

Monk, 

127 

Root, 

- 

- 

178 

Moore, 

119,  120 

Rosebrook, 

- 

- 

180 

Morey, 

67 

Rowe, 

- 

- 

188 

Morrill, 

127, 153 

Russell,  108, 

120, 

123, 

155,  156,  159 

Moses, 

179 

Ryerson, 

- 

- 

137 

Moseley, 

151 

Saltonstall, 

- 

- 

-    84,  86 

Musgrave,     - 

-    59,  65 

Sampson, 

- 

- 

-    76,  88 

Myers, 

130 

Samson, 

- 

-    88,  89 

Nelson, 

67 

Sanford, 

- 

- 

177 

Nims, 

191 

Scammel, 

- 

- 

86 

Olebham, 

153 

Segar, 

- 

- 

65 

Osgood, 

-      99,  101,  156 

Shaw, 

166, 

167, 

168,  169,  170 

Packard, 

112,  117 

Sherman, 

- 

- 

193 

Page, 

157 

Smith, 

- 

- 

65,  150,  192 

Palmer,   96,  107, 

110,  121,  124,  125 

Soule, 

- 

- 

94 

Parks, 

-        109 

Sprague, 

- 

- 

67 

Parsons, 

152 

Standish, 

- 

- 

75,  81,  83 

Paulding, 

68 

Stanford, 

- 

- 

116 

Payson, 

129 

Staples, 

- 

- 

134,  187 

Perkins, 

153 

Starritt, 

- 

- 

135 

Pettee, 

130 

Steininger, 

- 

171 

Pettingill, 

98 

Stephens, 

- 

- 

108,  119,  120 

Petreen, 

34 

Sterling, 

- 

- 

93 

Phillips, 

99 

Stetson, 

131, 

133, 

136,  137,  154 

Pierce, 

80 

Stevens, 

- 

- 

99 

Polen, 

68 

Stopham, 

- 

- 

58,  59,  60 

Pomroy, 

112 

Storr, 

- 

- 

81 

Pratt, 

134 

Stow, 

- 

113 

Proctor, 

-    137,  179,  180 

Sullivan, 

- 

- 

93 

INDEX. 

201 

PAGE 

PAGE 

Swain, 

- 

- 

192 

Ward, 

- 

. 

-    86,  87 

Swan, 

- 

- 

133 

Warren, 

87, 

68, 

80, 

73,  74,  96 

Syheston, 

- 

- 

60 

Washburn, 

- 

- 

129 

Temple, 

- 

190 

Wheeler, 

- 

- 

127 

Thacher, 

- 

- 

51 

Wilcox, 

- 

- 

192,  193 

Thomas, 

- 

Ill,  112,  136,  137 

Wilder, 

- 

- 

184 

Tilden, 

- 

- 

189 

Wiley, 

- 

- 

168 

Tilson, 

- 

- 

122,  173 

Willard, 

- 

- 

123 

Tilton, 

- 

132 

William  the  Conqueror, 

53,  54,  59, 

Tindall, 

- 

- 

82 

65,  68 

Tirrell, 

- 

- 

106 

Williams, 

- 

111 

Toothaker, 

- 

153 

Wilson, 

- 

- 

122,  188 

Tower, 

- 

-    78,  79 

Winslow, 

- 

- 

152 

Tregoz, 

- 

- 

-    58,  60 

Winsor, 

- 

67, 

68, 

78/  85.  88 

Trott, 

- 

- 

71 

Witherly, 

- 

. 

96 

Varney, 

- 

- 

88 

Winthrop, 

- 

- 

79 

Wadsworth, 

n, 

72,  75. 

76,  77,  78, 

Woodard, 

- 

- 

158,  188 

79, 

80,  81, 

82,  83,  84, 

Woodman, 

- 

- 

99 

85, 

86,  87, 

88,  90,  174 

Wormell, 

- 

- 

114 

Waitt, 

- 

- 

175 

Wyman, 

- 

- 

179 

Walker, 

- 

- 

115,  116 

Young, 

- 

- 

118,  151 

Walton, 

- 

- 

60 

PART   IV. 


GEKEAI<OGICAI<  REGISTER 


ob* 


PLYMOUTH  BARTLETTS. 


B&rllell  Memori&fy 


Genealogical    Register  of    Plymouth 
Bartletts.* 


Bartlett,  Abner,  son  of  1st  Sylvanus,  m.  Anna,  d. 
of  Ivory  Hovey,  1774,  and  had  Abner,  1776,  m.  Sarah 
Burgess  ;  Anna,  1777,  m.  Ellis  Bartlett ;  Betsey,  1779,  m. 
Amasa  Holmes ;  Martha,  1782,  m.  Meltiah  Bartlett ; 
Olive  H.,  1783,  m.  Samuel  Bartlett;  Ellen,  1786,  m. 
Thomas  Clark ;  Fanny,  1790,  m.  Daniel  Montague ; 
Harriet,  1792,  m.  Isaac  Manchester  ;  Ivory  Hovey,  1794  ; 
Eliza,  1801,  m.  Freeman  P.  Howland.  Amasa,  m. 
Hannah  Morton,  1787.  Amasa,  son  of  1st  William,  m. 
Sarah  Taylor,  1788,  and  had  Amasa  ;  William,  m.  Sarah 
Taylor,  1788,  and  had  Amasa  ;  William  Sampson,  1807  ; 
Hannah,  1792,  m.  Bourne  Spooner ;  Sally  T. ,  1794,  m. 
William  Bishop  and  Schuyler  Sampson  ;  and  Mary  Ann 
m.  Schuyler  Sampson.  Amasa,  son  of  above,  m.  Esther, 
d.  of  Nethaniel  Spooner,  1833,  and  had  A.masa  S. ;  Mary 
Ann,  m.  James  D.  Thurber,  and  Schuyler  S.  Andrew, 
son  of  1st  Nathaniel,  m.  Lydia  Churchill,  1764,  and  had 
Andrew,  1765;  Caleb,  1767;  Henry,  1768;  Stephen, 
1770 ;    Hosea,     1772 ;    Rebecca,   m.     Stephen    Holmes ; 

*"I  hereby  give  H.  B.  Lawrence,  of  Holyoke,  permission  to  use  for  publication 
the  Bartlett  Genealogy  contained  in  Ancient  Landmarks  of  Plymouth,  published 
and  copyrighted  by  me.  WM.  T.  DAVIS." 


206  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

Lydia,  1779,  m.  Ezra  Finney  ;  Polly,  m.  Joseph  Prior ; 
Euphany,  m.  Nathan  Holmes,  and  Lucy,  m.  Lemuel 
Bartlett.  Andrew  son  of  above,  m.  Sarah  Holbrook, 
1790,  and  had  Sarah,  m.  David  P.  Reynolds  ;  Andrew, 
and  Orrin.  Andrew,  son  of  above,  m.  Mary,  d.  of 
William  Barnes,  1830,  and  had  Victor  A.,  1841 ;  Mary 
E.,  1843  ;  Andrew  P.,  1848.  He  m.  2d,  Phebe  J.  Tenney, 
1866.  Ansel,  son  of  2d  Judah,  m.  Elizabeth  Churchill, 
1789  ;  and  had  Ansel ;  Charles,  m.  Ellen  Rider ;  Lewis, 
m.  Mary  Corbin  Holmes,  and  Alexander  Dewsbury  ; 
Harvey  ;  Caroline,  m.  Marston  Sampson,  Betsey,  m. 
Zacheus  Parker ;  Elkanah,  and  Nancy,  m.  Zacheus 
Sherman.  Ansel,  son  of  5th  Benjamin,  m.  Polly 
Lanman,  1801,  and  had  Polly,  1802,  m.  Joel  Randall ; 
Thomas  Burgess,  1805,  m.  Bethiah,  d.  of  John  Churchill, 
and  Rebecca  W.,  d.  of  Avery  Dean  ;  Ansel,  1807 ;  Jean, 
1809,  m.  Alexander  V.  Harvey;  Lucy  E.,  1813,  m. 
William  Packard,  and  Susan,  1816,  m.  William  H. 
Inglis.  Ansel,  son  of  1st  Ansel,  in.  Abigail  Ripley, 
1813,  and  had  Kimball  R.,  1815  ;  Abigail  W.,  m.  Henry 
Burgess  ;  Nancy,  m.  Samuel  Savery ;  Rebecca  ;  and 
Mary  E.,  m.  Sylvester  R.  Swett.  Aruna,  m.  Remember 
Holmes,  1796  ;  and  had  Temperance,  1797  ;  Aruna,  1799  ; 
Rufus,  1802 ;  Spencer,  1804  ;  Remember,  1807 ;  Sophia, 
1809,  and  Hiram,  1811.  Benjamik,  son  of  1st  Robert, 
m.  Sarah,  d.  of  Love  Brewster,  1656  ;  and  had  Benja- 
min ;  Samuel ;  Ichabod,  Ebenezer,  who  had  a  wife, 
Hannah ;  Rebecca,  married  William  Bradford ;  and 
Sarah,  m.  Robert  Bartlett.  He  m,  a  second  wife,  Cicily, 
1678.  Benjamin,  son  of  above,  m.  Ruth  Pabodie,  1672, 
and  had  Robert,   1679 ;    Benjamin ;    Mercy,    m.    John 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  207 

Turner  ;  Priscilla,  1697,  in.  John  Sampson  ;  Deborah,  m. 
Josiah  Thomas;  Ruth,  m.  John  Murdock ;  Abigail, 
1703,  m.  Gamaliel  Bradford  ;  Rebecca,  m.  John  Brad- 
ford ;  Elizabeth,  m.  Ephraim  Bradford  ;  Sarah,  m.  Israel 
Bradford  and  William.  Benjamin,  son  of  1st  Joseph, 
m.  Sarah,  d.  of  Jonathan  Barnes,  1702,  and  had 
Nathaniel,  1703,  m.  Abigail  Clarke,  Jonathan,  1705, 
m.  Thankful  Barnes  ;  Benjamin,  1707 ;  Joseph,  1709  ; 
Hannah,  1711  ;  Sarah,  1713,  m.  John  Cobb ;  and 
Elkanah.  Benjamin,  son  of  above,  m.  Hannah  Stephens, 
1737,  and  had  Stephens,  He  probably  m.,  2d,  Abigail 
Morton,  1741,  and  had  William,  1742 ;  Priscilla,  1744, 
m.  Samuel  Calderwood  ;  Elizabeth,  1746,  m.  Nathaniel 
Ripley.  Benjamin,  son  of  6th  Joseph,  m.  Jemima 
Holmes,  1759,  and  had  Jane,  m.  Nathaniel  Ellis  ;  Mary  ; 
Joanna,  m.  Ichabod  Davie  ;  Jemima ;  Nancy,  m.  Ichabod 
Davie  ;  Benjamin ;  Elizabeth,  m.  William  Rogers ; 
Ansel ;  Sarah,  m.  Ansel  Holmes  ;  and  Thomas.  Benja- 
min, m.  Jean  Ellis,  1751,  and  had  Benjamin,  1752. 
Caleb,  m.  Adrianna  B.  Holmes,  1837.  Caleb,  son  of 
3d  Bobert,  m.  Flizabeth  Holmes,  1778 ;  moved  to  Yar- 
mouth, Me.,  and  had  Caleb ;  Betsey,  Isaac  ;  Rebecca, 
m.  Isaac  Bartlett ;  Robert ;  Susan  ;  George  ;  Charles  ; 
and  Holmes.  Caleb,  son  of  above,  m.  Mary  Small,  and 
had  Isaac  ;  Elizabeth ;  Mary,  m.  Flavel  Bartlett ;  and 
William,  1810,  m.  Jane  Gardner,  d.  of  Truman  Bartlett. 
Charles,  son  of  11th  Joseph,  m.  wid.  Lucinda  (Cornish) 
Bartlett,  1820,  and  had  Charles,  1821  ;  Hosea,  1826 ; 
Lucinda,  1829;  Abigail,  1837.  David,  son  of  1st 
Elkanah,  m.  Mary  Carver,  1796,  and  had  Mary,  1796  ; 
Dolly,   m.  I.   H.  Lucas ;  and  Abigail.     Diman,   son  of 


208  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

3d  Ebenezer,  m.  Lydia  Barrows,  1790,  and  2d,  1802, 
Hannah,  wid.  of  James  Harlow,  and  d.  of  Benjamin 
Bagnall,  and  had  Lewis,  1803,  and  Ephraim,  1805. 
Ebenezer,  Duxbury%  son  of  1st  Benjamin,  by  wife 
Hannah,  had  Lydia  ;  Ebenezer,  1694.  Ebenezer,  son  of 
above,  m.  Mary  Rider,  and  had  Rebecca,  1719  ;  Lydia, 
1721  ;  and  Nathaniel,  1723.  He  tn.,  2d,  perhaps,  Jerasha 
Sampson.  Ebenezer,  son  of  2d  Robert,  m.  Rebecca 
Diman,  1732,  and  had  James,  1733;  Chloe,  1735;  Thomas, 
1737;  Phebe,  1740;  Rebecca,  1745.  Hem.,  2d,  Abigail 
Finney,  1749,  and  had  Ebenezer,  1754 ;  Thomas,  1757 ; 
Diman,'1759;  and  Abigail,  1762,  m..  Consider  Robbins. 
Eleazer  Stephens,  son  of  Freeman,  m.  Betsey  Cobb, 
and  had  William  Stephens.  He  m.,  2d,  Eveline  G-.,  d. 
of  Salisbury  Jackson,  and  had  Francis  J.,  m.  Henrietta 
C.  Shipley  ;  Mary  L. ;  and  Eveline  Stephens.  Ellis, 
son  of  4th  John,  m.  Anna  Bartlett,  1796,  and  had  John, 
m.  a  Dunbar ;  Mercy,  m.  Jonas  Keith ;  Anna,  m. 
Humphrey  Manchester  ;  Abner,  m.  Susan  Case  ;  Martha, 
m.  Obadiah  Burgess  ;  Cyrus ;  Lewis,  m.  Sylvia  Pierce  ; 
Ellis,  1817 ;  and  Freeman.  Ellis,  son  of  above,  m. 
Sophia  Ashmead  of  Philadelphia,  and  had  Ellis  Lehman, 
1844,  and  William  Lehman  Ashmead,  1846,  m.  Baroness 
Burdett  Coutts.  Elkanah,  son  of  6th  Joseph,  m.  Sarah 
Atwood,  1768,  and  had  Elkanah,  1769,  m.  Rebecca 
Holmes  ;  David,  1775  ;  John,  1777  ;  Jonathan,  1782 ; 
Sally,  1786 ;  and  Jennie  and  Joanna,  twins,  1792. 
Elkanah,  son  of  1st  Ansel,  m.  Mary  Morton,  1828,  and 
had  Mary  E.,  m.  Joseph  Lasinby  Brown ;  and  Frank. 
Elkanah,  m.  Sarah  Code,  1802.  Elnathan,  son  of  1st 
Joseph,  m.  Hannah  Mansfield,  1712,  and  had  Elnathan, 


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1713 ;  moved  to  New  York ;  and  Hannah,  1714. 
Ephraim,  son  of  3d  Robert,  married  Mercy  Churchill, 
1759  ;  and  had  James,  1760  ;  Sylvanus,  1762  ;  Susannah, 
1764 ;  and  Rebecca,  the  last  two  of  whom  m.  William 
Leonard.  He  m.,  2d,  Elizabeth  Kempton,  1774,  and 
had  Elizabeth,  1775,  m.  Ephraim  Whiting ;  Ephraim ; 
Isaac  ;  and  Mercy,  1779,  m  Finney  Leach.  Ephraim,  son 
of  Diman,  m.  Martha  Cox,  1830,  and  had  William  Henry, 
1832;  Martha  Ann,  1835,  m.  George  E.  Morton. 
Ephraim,  son  of  1st  Ephraim,  m.  Abigail,  d.  of  Richard 
Holmes,  1799.  Francis,  son  of  Sylvanus,  m.  Anna 
Cornish,  1788,  and  had  Annie,  1792 ;  Cephas,  1794 ; 
Francis,  1797 ;  Alfred,  1799 ;  Anna  Cornish,  1802 ; 
Marcia,  1805  ;  Martha  Waite,  1810.  Frederick  Wil- 
liam, Buffalo,  son  of  2d  Uriah,  m.  Adelia,  d.  of  Dr. 
James  Hunter  of  Whitby,  Canada,  from  Hull,  England, 
and  had  George  Frederick  Hunter,  1856  ;  Daisy  Lillian, 
1865.  Freeman,  son  of  Joshua,  m.  Sarah  Stephens, 
1797,  and  had  Eleazer  Stephens ;  Hannah,  m.  John 
Ransom ;  Sally,  m.  a  Copeland ;  Mary ;  Elizabeth 
Thacher,  m.  William  Reed  ;  and  William.  George,  son 
of  1st  Zacheus,  m.  Sylvina  Holmes,  1793,  and  had 
Phebe,  m  Branch  Blackmer ;  Margaret,  m.  Nathaniel 
Harlow  ;  Triphosa,  m.  Robert  Fitts ;  George  W. ;  and 
Jerusha,  m.  Joseph  Doten.  George  W.,  son  of  above, 
m.  Sarah  Bartlett,  1825,  and  had  George  W.,  m.  Flora 
A.  Holmes.  He  m.,  2d,  Melintha  Harlow,  and  had 
Henry  C,  m.  Emily  F.  Parker;  Winslow,  m.  Emily, 
the  wid.  of  his  brother  ;  William  L.,  m.  Mary  E.  Shaw ; 
and  Frank  R.,  m.  Anna  Bates.  George,  m.  Rebecca 
Lanman,  1798.     Harvey,  son  of  1st  Ansel,  m.  Nancy 


210  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

Holmes,  1828,  and  had  Nancy,  1830;  Harvey,  1833; 
Ansel,  1835 ;  Almira,  1837 ;  and  George.  Henry,  m. 
Fanny  Churchill,  1817.  Henry,  m.  Prudence  Straffin, 
1811.  Hosea,  son  of  1st  Andrew,  m.  Mercy  Bartlett, 
1798  ;  and  had  Abigail,  1799  ;  Hosea,  1801 ;  Maria,  1805  ; 
John,  1809  ;  Abigail,  1810.  Hosea,  son  of  above,  m. 
Susan  Cornish,  and  had  Samuel.  He  m.,  2d,  Eliza,  d 
of  Aaron  Hovey,  and  3d,  Eleanor,  d.  of  Benjamin 
Clark,  1840.  Ichabod,  Marshfi§ld,  son  of  1st  Benjamin, 
m.  Elizabeth  Waterman  of  Marshfield,  1699,  and  had 
Ichabod  ;  Josiah,  1701,  m.  Mary  Chandler ;  Nathaniel, 
1703,  m.  Abiah  Delano ;  Joseph,  1706,  m.  Dorothy 
Wadsworth  ;  Elizabeth,  1708  ;  and  Mercy.  Hem.,  2d, 
Desire,  d.  of  Seth  Arnold,  1709,  and  had  Sarah,  1710,  m. 
Cornelius  Drew ;  Josiah  ;  and  Seth.  Ichabod,  son  of 
above,  m.  Susannah  Spooner,  1721,  and  had  Ichabod  ; 
and  Solomon,  m.,  Joanna  Holmes.  Ichabod,  son  of 
above,  m.  Hannah  Rogers,  1753,  and  had  Ichabod,  1754  ; 
Hannah  ;  Jerusha  ;  Mercy  ;  and  Peabody.  Ichabod, 
Honolulu,  son  of  2d  Uriah,  m.,  1855,  Caroline  Frances 
Gould,  d.  of  James  Stuart  Gould  of  Maine,  and  had 
Carrie  Adelia,  1856,  m.  Thomas  A.  Mitchell  of  Oakland, 
Cal. ;  Laura  Frances,  1857,  m.  Noah  Kelsey  of  Oakland  ; 
Lily,  1859  ;  and  George  L.,  1865.  Isaac,  son  of  1st 
Zacheus,  m.  Mary  Bryant,  and  had  Laura  Ann  ;  Mary  ; 
Elizabeth,  m.  Jason  Winnett ;  Erastus  H. ;  and  Fayette. 
Isaac,  son  of  1st  Ephraim,  m.  Fear  Cobb,  1801,  and  had 
Isaac,  1801 ;  Eliza  Ann,  1807,  m.  Stephen  P.  Brown  ; 
and  Ephraim,  1809.  He  m.,  2d,  Rebecca,  d.  of  Caleb 
Bartlett,  and  had  Robert,  1817 ;  and  Rebecca,  1819. 
Isaac,  m.  Sarah  Cotton  Banks,  1825,  and  had  Isaac  T., 


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1826  ;  Catherine  C.,  1832  ;  Lilliston  B.,  1834 ;  Henry  I., 
1836 ;  Anna,  1838.  Ivory  Hovey,  son  of  Abner,  m. 
Betsey  Clark,  1814,  and  had  Abner ;  Ivory ;  George ; 
William  ;  Robert ;  Catherine  ;  and  Dolor.  James,  m. 
Emily  Bradford,  1825.  James,  m.  Charlotte  Covill 
of  Sandwich,  about  1832.  James,  son  of  1st  Ephraim, 
m.  Mary  Taylor,  1783,  and  had  Mary  Taylor,  1784 ; 
James  ;  Sylvanus  ;  Mercy  B.,  1796,  m.  Leander  Lovell ; 
Rebecca  A.,  1798  ;  Jane,  1800  ;  and  Susan,  m.  Abner  S. 
Taylor.  James,  son  of  above,  m.  1807,  Sarah  Witherell, 
and  had  Sarah,  m.  Isaac  Brewster;  Margaret  M.,  m. 
Ethan  Earle  ;  Harriet ;  Jane  Elizabeth,  m.  Thatcher  R. 
Raymond  ;  Sylvanus  T.,  1808  ;  James  T.,  1818  ;  Sylvanus 
Taylor.  1820;  James  Thomas;  Charles  T. ;  Mary  A., 
1825  ;  and  Rebecca  T.,  1828.  Jesse,  son  of  1st  Sylvanus, 
m.  Polly  Hovey,  1809,  and  had  Sylvanus  ;  William  D.; 
and  Catherine.  John,  son  of  2d  Robert,  m.  Sarah,  d. 
of  Ebenezer  Cobb,  1723,  and  had  Jerusha,  1724  ;  Sarah, 
1726,  m.  Thomas  Faunce  ;  and  Hannah,  1727,  m.  Stephen 
Doten  ;  Mary,  1731.  He  m.,  2d,  wid.  Sarah  Gray  of 
Falmouth,  1734,  and  had  Jerusha  1735,  m.  George 
Peckham  ;  John.  1738 ;  Jennie,  1740 ;  Lewis,  1743 ; 
Abigail,  1745,  m.  Bleazer  Churchill  ;  Maria,  1748,  m. 
Richard  Babb ;  Charles,  m.  Abigail  Churchill ;  and 
George,  m.  Sarah  Churchill.  John,  son  of  2d  Samuel, 
m  Sarah  Bartlett,  1756,  and  had  Sarah,  1759,  m.  Thomas 
Morton  ;  Eunice,  1761,  m.  William  Morton  ;  John,  1763  ; 
and  Deborah.  John,  son  of  1st  John,  m.  Dorothy 
Carver,  1768,  and  had  Lewis,  1770,  m.  Hannah  Paty  ; 
Dolly  ;  John  Lewis ;  John ;  and  Henry.  John,  son  of 
1st  Nathaniel,   m.   Mercy  Ellis,  1762,  and  had  Abigail, 


212  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

1763,  m.  Benjamin  Washburn  ;  John,  1766  ;  Ellis,  1770  ; 
Ivory,  1772 ;  and  Samuel,  m.  Olive  Bartlett.  John,  son 
of  3d  Joseph,  m.  Bathsheba  Shurtleff,  and  had  Rufus, 
1771  ;  Dorothy,  1774,  m.  Ellis  Bradford  ;  Sarah,  1776, 
m.  Simeon  Chandler  ;  Betsey,  1779,  m.  Bradford  Holmes  ; 
Olive,  1783,  m.  Thomas  Bates ;  John,  1786 ;  George, 
1789 ;  Bathsheba,  1793,  m.  Lazarus  Drew ;  and  Joseph. 
John,  m.  Sophronia  King,  1802  ;  and  had  Alonzo  Sydney, 
1803 ;  and  Martha  Adelaide,  1806.  John,  son  of  1st 
Elkanah,  m.  Rebecca  Rider,  1799,  and  had  John ;  Eliza, 
m.  Brackly  Cushing  ;  Priscilla,  m.  a  Wadleigh ;  and 
Joseph.  He  m.  a  2d  wife,  Jerusha,  wid.  of  Robert 
Davie,  and  d.  of  Joseph  Trask.  John,  son  of  2d  John, 
m.  Polly  Morton,  1795,  and  had  John ;  Mary,  m. 
Obadiah  King  ;  Rebecca,  m.  Peter  Smith.  John,  son  of 
above,  m.  Caroline  Lawrence,  and  had  Polly  Morton, 
1823 ;  Caroline  Augusta,  1829  ;  and  John  Edwards, 
1836.  John,  m.  Cynthia  Lucas,  1820.  John,  son  of 
7th  John,  m.  Eliza,  d.  of  Ezra  Finney,  1829,  and  had 
Caroline  ;  John  Bishop,  m.  Eliza,  d.  of  Stephen  Smith  of 
Boston  ;  Ezra  Finney  ;  Lydia  ;  James  Easdell,  m.  Adeline 
Mullikin  of  Philadelphia.  He  m.,  2d,  wid.  (Austin) 
Robinson  of  Boston.  Jonathan,  son  of  3d  Benjamin, 
m.,  1731,  Thankful,  d.  of  John  Barnes,  and  had  James, 
1732,  m.  Elizabeth  Bates  ;  Sarah,  1734  ;  Thankful,  1738  ; 
Jonathan,  1742,  m.  Mary  Doten  ;  Lucy,  1744,  m.  Bartlett 
Holmes ;  William,  1747 ;  and  Thankful,  1750,  m.  Ansel 
Harlow.  Jonathan,  son  of  6th  Joseph,  m.  Lydia  Ellis, 
1777,  and  had  Mercy,  1782  ;  Jonathan,  1787.  Joseph, 
son  of  1st  Robert,  m.  Hannah,  d.  of  Thomas  Pope,  and 
had  Joseph,  1665  ;  Robert,  1663  ;  Elnathan,  ;  Benjamin  ; 


BARTLETT   MEMORIALS.  213 

Hannah,  m.  Joseph  Sylvester;  Mary,  1673,  m.  John 
Barnes;  and  Sarah,  m.  Elisha  Holmes.  Joseph,  son  of 
above,  m.  Lydia  Griswold,  1692,  and  had  Joseph,  1693 ; 
Samuel,  1696 ;  Lydia,  1698,  m.  Lazarus  LeBaron ; 
Benjamin,  1699,  m.  Lydia  Morton  ;  and  Sarah,  1703,  m. 
Francis  LeBaron  and  Joseph  Swift.  Joseph,  son  of  1st 
Ichabod,  m.  Dorothy  Wadsworth,  1729,  and  had  Mercy, 
1733;  Annie,  1735;  Ichabod,  1736;  Joseph,  1740; 
Dorothy,  1743,  m.  William  Drew  ;  Bathsheba  ^  Uriah  ; 
Elizabeth,  1747,  m.  Robert  Foster  ;  and  John.  Joseph, 
son  of  2d  Joseph,  m.  Elizabeth  Bartlett,  1717,  and  had 
William,  1718 ;  Sylvauus,  1719  ;  Jerusha,  1721,  m. 
Joseph  Croswell ;  Lydia,  1722,  m.  Jonathan  Parker ; 
Zacheus  1725  ;  Betty,  1727,  m.  Benjamin  Rider  ;  Joseph, 
1727,  m.  Lydia  Cobb.  Joseph,  son  of  2d  Robert, 
m.  Sarah  Morton,  1737  and  had  Sarah,  1737,  m.  John 
Bartlett;  Joseph,  1738;  Thomas,  1742;  Josiah,  1744; 
Martha,  1747,  m.  a  Jackson ;  Hannah,  1749,  m. 
Daniel  Hosea.  Joseph,  son  of  3d  Benjamin,  m.  Jean 
Swift,  1735,  and  had  Benjamin,  1736  ;  Mercy,  1738,  m. 
Sylvanus  Marshall ;  Jean,  1741,  m.  Matthew  Claghorn  ; 
Joann,  1742,  m.  Greorge  Atwood  ;  Joseph,  1745  ;  Elkanah, 
1747  ;  and  David  and  Jonathan,  1753.  Joseph,  son  of 
3d  Joseph,  m.  Laurana  Drew,  and  had  Laurana,  1768  ; 
Joseph,  1770,  m.  Lucy  Bradford  ;  Seth,  1772,  m.  Mary 
Kimball ;  Ichabod,  1775 ;  Lysander,  1777,  m.  Harriet 
Drew  ;  Sarah  D.,  1780  ;  Charles,  1786.  Joseph,  son  of 
5th  Joseph,  m.  Mary  Bartlett,  1770,  and  had  Joseph  ; 
Frederick,  m.  Lydia  Dunham  ;  and  Mary,  m.  Nathaniel 
Bartlett.  Joseph,  son  of  6th  Joseph,  m.  Lucy  Holmes, 
1770,  and  had  Joseph,  1770  ;  Zephaniah,  1772,  m.  Eliza, 


214  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

d.  of  Ebenezer  Sampson ;  Lucy,  1775 ;  Bradford,  1776. 
Joseph,  son  of  7th  Joseph,  m.  Lucy  Bradford,  and  had 
Betsey,  1799,  m.  Anthony  E.  Glynn;  Lucy  P.;  Nancy, 
1804,  m.  Nathaniel  Drew  ;  David  B.,  1806,  m.  Abigail 
Freeman ;  Ichabod,  1809  ;  Cornelius  A.,  1811,  m.  Isabel 
Drew ;  Lucy  F.,  1814,  m.  Peter  Trott ;  Walter  S.,  1818, 
m.  Susan  A.  Soule.  Joseph,  son  of  1st  Zacheus,  m. 
Anna  Clark,  1784,  and  had  Charles,  1785  ;  Joseph,  1786 ; 
Hannah,  1787,  m.  Thomas  Mayo  and  Samuel  Clark  ; 
Thomas,  1789,  m.  Lucinda  Cornish  ;  Zacheus,  1793,  m. 
Sylvia  Blackwell ;  Micah,  1793  ;  Isaac,  1796 ;  Abigail, 
1798,  m.  Seth  Clark  ;  and  Clark,  1800.  Joseph,  son  of 
3d  Samuel,  m.  Rebecca  Churchill,  1784,  and  had  William, 
1786  ;  Rebecca  ;  Susan,  1795  ;  Joseph  ;  Augustus  :  John  ; 
Samuel ;  Benjamin ;  and  Eliza  Ann,  1804,  m.  Albert 
Goodwin.  He  m.,  2d,  Lucy  Dyer,  1821.  Joseph,  m. 
Grace  Cornish,  1813.  Joseph,  Duxbury,  son  of  1st 
Samuel,  m.  Lydia  Nelson,  and  had  Isaiah,  1716 ; 
Patience,  1718 ;  Hannah,  1721  ;  Lydia,  1725.  Joshua, 
son  of  3d  Robert,  m.  Mary  Harlow,  1772,  and  had  Free- 
man, m.  Sarah  Stephens ;  and  Joshua,  m.  Elizabeth 
Goodwin.  Judah,  son  of  1st  William,  m.  Mercy 
Sylvester,  1788,  and  had  William,  1789,  m.  Abiah 
Parsons.  Judah,  son  of  2d  Samuel,  m.  Love  Sprague, 
1763,  and  had  Ansel ;  Mary,  m.  John  Cronican  ;  Nathan- 
iel ;  Roxanna,  m.  Rufus  Bartlett,  and  perhaps  others. 
Judah,  son  of  5th  Nathaniel,  m.  Jerusha  Holmes,  1824, 
and  had  Eliza  Ann,  1826.  He  rn.,  2d,  wid.  Eliza  Jane 
Lucas,  1831,  and  had  Jerusha  Holmes,  1832 ;  John 
Franklin,  1835 ;  Martha  Washington,  1837 ;  Amasa, 
1839,     Lazarus,  m.  Thankful  C.  Bartlett,   1817.     Lem- 


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uel,  son  of  2d  Robert,  m.  Mary  Doty,  1742,  and  had 
Lemuel,  1744  ;  William,  1746  ;  Mary,  1749,  m.  a  Sturte- 
vant;  Jean,  1754;  m,  aDoten  ;  Stephen,  1756  ;  Rebecca, 
1760,  m.  a  Holmes  ;  Rufus,  1762,  m.  Mercy  Churchill. 
Lemuel,  by  wife  Lucy,  had  Lucy,  1807.  Lewis,  son  of 
Diman  (see  addenda).  Lemuel,  m.  Lucy  Bartlett, 
1807.  Lemuel  Bradford,  m.  Mary  Holmes,  1785. 
Nathaniel,  son  of  3d  Benjamin,  m.  Abigail,  d.  of 
Thomas  Clark,  1725,  and  had  Thomas,  1725  ;  Susanna, 
1728,  m.  Elkanah  Churchill;  Mary,  1730,  m.  William 
Bartlett ,  Nathaniel,  1733.  m.  Lydia,  d.  of  Lemuel 
Barnes  ;  John,  1736  ;  Andrew,  1738  ;  Abigail,  1740.  m. 
Solomon  Holmes  ;  Hannah,  1743,  m.  Elkanah  Barnes. 
Nathaniel,  son  of  3d  Samuel,  m.  Mary  Bartlett,  1793, 
and  had  Nathaniel  ;  Harriet,  m.  Samuel  M.  Whitten  ; 
Mary,  1800,  m.  Henry  Seymour ;  Almira,  1808,  m. 
Nathaniel  Churchill  ;  Sophia,  m.  William  Straffin  ; 
Betsey  ;  Edward  ;  Cornelius,  m.  wid.  Marcia  (Perkins) 
Sturtevant.  Nathaniel,  1807,  son  of  above,  m.  Lucia, 
d.  of  Barnabas  Holmes,  1821,  and  had  Nathaniel,  1822, 
m.  Sarah  Soule  ;  Frederick,  1824,  m.  Harriet  Martin  and 
Elizabeth  G.  Thrasher;  David  C,  1827;  Lucia  A.,  1828; 
Cornelius,  1831,  m.  Deborah  A.,  wid.  of  Charles  H. 
Chandler,  and  d  of  John  H.  Hoyt ;  and  Mary  J.,  1837. 
Nathaniel,  m.  Susan  Diman,  1816  Nathaniel,  son 
2d  Judah,  m.  Elizabeth  Marshall  1784,  and  had  Susanna  ; 
Nathaniel,  1786 ;  Ansel ;  Peabody ;  Samuel,  in.  Lydia 
Bartlett  ;  Judah,  and  Amasa,  1804.  Nathaniel, 
son  of  above,  m.  Sarah  Lucas,  1808,  and  had  Susan  and 
Sarah.  Nathaniel,  son  of  2d  Solomon,  m.  Hannah 
Faunce,  1787,  and  had  Nathaniel.     Nathaniel,  son  of 


216  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

the  last,  m.  Priscilla,  wid.  of  Thomas  Pope,  1824 
Orrin,  Brockton,  son  of  2d  Andrew,  m.,  1841,  Sarali 
Jane,  d.  of  James  C.  Drake  of  Grafton,  New  Hamp 
shire,  and  had  Cordelia  Frances,  1843  ;  Henry  Murray, 
1847.  Peabody,  son  of  3d  Ichabod,  m.  Lucy  Turner, 
1793,  and  had  Deborah,  1794  ;  Ichabod,  1797  ;  Peabody, 
1799 ;  Turner  Kimball,  1801  ;  Coleman,  1803 ;  Lucy, 
1804;  Hannah  Rogers,  1806;  Deborah,  1809;  Jerusha, 
1812.  Robert  came  in  the  Ann,  1623,  and  m.,  1628, 
Mary,  d.  of  Richard  Warren,  by  whom  he  had  Benjamin, 
1638 ;  Joseph,  1639 ;  Rebecca,  m.  William  Harlow ; 
Mary,  m.  Richard  Foster  and  Jonathan  Morey  ;  Sarah, 
m.  Samuel  Rider ;  Elizabeth,  m.  Anthony  Sprague  ; 
Lydia,  1647,  m.  James  Barnaby  and  John  Nelson  ; 
Mercy,  1651,  m.  John  Ivey  of  Boston.  Robert,  son  of 
1st  Joseph,  m.  Sarah,  d.  of  Benjamin  Bartlett,  1687, 
and  Sarah,  d.  of  Jacob  Cooke,  1691,  and  had  Hannah, 
1691,  m.  Eleazer  Churchill;  Thomas,  1694,  m.  Abigail 
Finney  ;  John,  1696  ;  Sarah,  1699,  m..  John  Finney ; 
James,  1701  ;  Joseph,  1704 ;  Elizabeth,  1707,  m.  Thomas 
Sears ;  William,  1709,  m.  Sarah  Foster ;  Ebenezer,  1710  ; 
Robert,  1713  ;  Lemuel,  1715.  Robert,  son  of  above, 
m.  Rebecca  Wood,  1733,  and  had  Robert,  1735  ;  Ephraim, 
1737  ;  Rebecca,  1739,  m.  Ephraim  Darling  ;  Caleb,  1740  ; 
Isaac,  1742,  m.  Lois  Harlow  ;  Lazarus,  1744  ;  Joshua, 
1747 ;  James,  1749 ;  Susanna,  1750  ;  Josiah,  1753,  m. 
Martha  Holmes.  Robert,  son  of  above,  m.  Jean 
Spooner,  1770.  Rufus,  from  N.  H.,  m.,  about  1800, 
Roxanna,  d.  of  Judah  Bartlett,  and  had  Rufus,  Clark, 
Nancy  C,  and  Thomas.  Samuel,  son  of  1st  Benjamin, 
m.   Hannah,   d.  of  William  Peabodie,   1683,    and  had 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  217 

Benjamin,  1684 ;  Samuel,  1688  ;  Joseph,  1686,  m.  Lydia 
Nelson  ;  Ichabod  ;  Lydia,  m.  Joseph  Holmes ;  Sarah, 
m.  Nathan  Thomas  and  Jedediah  Bourne  ;  Elizabeth,  m. 
Ephraim  Bradford.  Samuel,  son  of  above,  m.  Hannah 
Churchill,  1725,  and  had  Samuel,  William,  John  and 
Judah.  Samuel,  son  of  above,  m.,  in  North  Carolina, 
Betsey  Moore,  and  had  Mary,  m.  Ephraim  Finney  ; 
Betty,  m.  Amaziah  Churchill ;  William ;  John,  and 
Joseph,  1762.  He  married  a  second  wife  in  Plymouth, 
Elizabeth  Jackson,  1766,  and  had  Samuel,  1767  ;  Nathan- 
iel, 1769  ;  Cornelius,  1771  ;  Alexander  ;  Truman,  1776, 
and  Stephen.  Samuel,  son  of  above,  m.  Zilpha  Morton, 
1794,  and  had  Eliza,  m.  Joseph  Holmes.  Samuel,  son 
of  1st  William,  m.  Joanna  Taylor,  1783,  and  had 
Samuel,  Judah,  and  others,  all  of  whom  removed  to 
Maine.  Samuel,  son  of  4th  John,  m.  Olive  Bartlett, 
1801,  and  had  Samuel,  1802 ;  Hiram,  1804,  m.  Euphany 
Holmes  ;  Harvey  Stetson,  1806 ;  Fanny  Hovey,  1809,  m. 
Alfred  Cole  ;  Eliza  Thomas,  1811,  m.  Alden  S.  Simmons  ; 
Bourne,  Frances,  Ann,  Harriet,  and  Abby.  Samuel, 
m.  Marcia  Bartlett,  1825.     Samuel,  m.  Abigail  Magoon, 

1747.  Samuel,  son  of  2d  Joseph,  m.  Elizabeth,  d.  of 
Isaac  Lothrop,  1721,  and  had  Lothrop,  1723;  Elizabeth, 
1725;  Margaret,  1728  ;  Hannah,  1731;  Margaret,  1737.  He 
m.,  2d,  Elizabeth  (Lothrop),  wid.  of  Thomas  Witherell, 

1748,  and  had  Samuel,  1749  ;  Samuel,  1751 ;  Elizabeth, 
1753,  m.  Peleg  Wadsworth;  Lothrop,  1755;  Hannah,  1757; 
Isaac,  1759.  Seth  S.,  m.  Ann  C.  Bartlett,  1836.  Solo- 
mon, m.  Clarissa  Lindsey,  1817.  Solomon,  m.  Joanna 
Holmes,  1749,  and  had  Solomon,  1751,  m.  Hannah  Rogers; 
James,  1751  ;  Benjamin,  1755 ;  Nathaniel,  and  Abigail. 


218  BAETLETT   MEMORIALS. 

Stephen,  son  of  1st  Andrew,  m.  Polly  Nye,  1799,  and 
had  Harriet,  1800  ;  Stephen,  1801,  m.  Phebe  Reed  ;  Mary, 
1804  ;  Thomas  Nye,  1806,  m.  Mercy  Taylor  Wadsworth  ; 
Lorenzo,  1809  ;  Lewis  L. ;  Edward,  m.  Betsey  Beal  of 
Kingston  ;  and  Harriet,  m.  Charles  T.  Holmes.  Stephen, 
son  of  above,  m.  Phebe  Reed,  and  had  Lorenzo  ; 
Elizabeth,  m.  Ezra  Sampson  Diman  ;  and  Mercy  White, 
m  James  Macy.  Sylvanus,  son  of  4th  Joseph,  m. 
Martha  Wait,  1743,  and  had  Wait,  1744 ;  Elizabeth, 
1749,  m.  Thomas  Bartlett ;  Sylvanus,  1751 ;  Mary,  1753, 
m.  Joseph  Bartlett ;  Abner,  1755,  m.  Ann  Hovey ; 
Martha,  1757;  Jerusha,  1759;  Joseph,  1761;  ni.  Anna 
Mary  Witherell ;  Francis ;  Sophia,  m.  Benjamin  Drew  ; 
and  Jesse,  1772,  m.  Betsey  Drew  and  Mary  Hovey. 
Sylvanus,  son  of  above,  m.  Sarah  Loring,  and  had 
Bathsheba,  Martha,  Sylvanus,  Sarah,  Isaac,  Betsey, 
Alvin,  Joseph,  Loring,  Ignatius ;  Jerusha,  m.  N  athaniel 
Holmes  ;  Isaiah,  Lydia,  Thomas,  and  Daniel.  Thomas, 
son  of  3d  Ebenezer,  m.  Sarah  Rider,  1778,  and  had 
Ebenezer,  1779 ;  Thomas,  1781 ;  Sarah,  1784 ;  Ezra  Rider, 
1786  ;  Seth,  1788  ;  Sarah,  1791 ;  Lemuel,  1794.  Thomas, 
son  of  1st  William,  m.  Margaret  James  Drew,  1794,  and 
had  Elizabeth,  1797;  Thomas,  1799  ;  William  T.,  1801  ; 
Margaret  James,  1804,  m.  George  P.  Fowler  ;  Nathaniel, 
1806 ;  Mary,  1809,  m.  Nathaniel  Brown ;  and  Sarah, 
1812.  Thomas,  son  of  5th  Joseph,  m.  Betty  Bartlett, 
1765,  and  had  Betsey,  m.  Solomon  Churchill ;  Jerusha, 
Daniel,  Thomas,  and  Deborah.  Thomas,  son  of  Rufus, 
m.  Phebe  Doten,  1823,  and  had  Phebe  T.,  1835 ;  and 
Roxanna  A.,  1838.  Thomas  Burgess,  son  of  2d  Ansel, 
m.  Bethiah,  d.  of  John  Churchill,  and  had  Charles  B., 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  219 

1831 ;  Mary  A.,  1836,  m.  Charles  C.  Doten ;  Russell  T., 
1840,  m.  Emeline  F.,  d.  of  William Savery;  and  Priscilla, 
1845.  Hem.  2d,  Rebecca W.,  d.  of  Avery  Dean,  1850. 
Thomas,  son  of  11th  Joseph,  m.  Lucinda  Cornish,  and 
had  Thomas  Mayo,  who  moved  toPenn.,  and  died,  1818. 
Thomas,  m.  Ruth  Rogers,  1798.  Truman,  son  of  3d 
Samuel,  m.  Experience  Finney,  1798,  and  had  William  ; 
Josiah,  m.  Fanny,  d.  of  Ansel  Robbins  ;  Flavel,  m. 
Mary  Bartlett ;  Charles ;  Stephen ;  Truman,  1799  ; 
Azariah ;  Ann  ;  Lucia,  and  Angeline.  Truman,  son  of 
above,  m.  Mercy  Jennings,  and  had  Charles  T. ;  Mercy 
Ann,  m  Alexander  P.  Atwood ;  Jane  G.,  m.  William 
Bartlett ;  Angeline,  m.  Isaac  Dunham ;  and  Caroline. 
Uriah,  son  of  3d  Joseph,  m.,  1765,  Lois  (Doty)  Wash- 
burn, and  2d,  Susanna  Cook,  and  had  William,  1765  ; 
Lois,  1768,  m.  Samuel  Spear;  Peleg,  1771  m.  Jane 
Adams  and  a  Leach ;  Uriah,  1774 ;  Frederick,  1779  ; 
Deborah,  1782,  m.  Elisha  Barker  ;  Clarissa,  1784,  m. 
Aaron  Nash  and  a  Beckley ;  Nathaniel,  1786  ;  Uriah, 
1789,  m.  Olive  Holmes ;  Susanna,  m.  a  Clark  and  a 
Brigham ;  Isaac  and  Polly.  Uriah,  son  of  above,  m. 
Olive  Holmes,  1823,  and  had  Mahala,  1823,  m.  Stephen 
Holmes;  Frederick  William,  1826;  George,  1827,  m. 
Susanna  H.  Richardson  ;  Ichabod,  1829 ;  Thomas 
Holmes,  1831,  m.  Caroline  E.  Fuller ;  Robert  Bruce, 
1833,  rn.  Elizabeth  of  San  Francisco,  where  he  lives ; 
and  Eugene,  1835.  William,  son  of  2d  Samuel,  m. 
Mary  Bartlett,  1752,  and  had  Hannah,  1752  ;  William, 
1754,  moved  to  North  Carolina  ;  Samuel,  1757  ;  Judah  ; 
Amasa,  1763 ;  Mary ;  Sarah,  1768,  m.  Lemuel  Drew ; 
Thomas,  1770 ;  Nathaniel,  1772.  William,  son  of  5th 
Benjamin,  m.  Rebecca  Trask,  1761,  and  had  William, 


220  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

1761,  m.  Deborah  Holmes ;  Zacheus,  1763,  m.  Hannah 
Thomas;  Thomas,  1766;  and  Jabez,  1768.  William, 
son  of  12th  Joseph,  m.  Susan,  d.  of  James  Thacher, 
1814,  and  had  Susan  Louisa,  1815,  m.  Charles  O.  Boutelie  ; 
Betsey  Thacher,  1818  ;  John,  1820  ;  m.  Hannah  Willard 
of  Cambridge ;  Eliza  Ann,  1825 ;  and  Mary,  1827. 
William,  son  of  1st  Truman,  m.  Lucy  Dyer  Holmes, 
and  had  Lucia,  Esther,  and  Mary.  William  Sampson, 
son  of  2d  Amasa,  m.  Betsey,  d.  of  Ezra  Finney,  and 
had  Hannah  Bourne,  1832,  Elizabeth  Holbrook,  1834  ; 
Abby  James,  1835 ;  Mary  Eliza,  1838 ;  Sarah  Taylor, 
1840  ;  Leonice  Sampson,  1842  ;  William  Bishop,  1845  ; 
and  Charles  Bourne,  1852.  William,  son  of  1st  Judah, 
m.  Abiah  Parsons,  1809,  and  had  William,  m.  Mary 
Phillips  of  Easton  ;  Joann,  m.  Bartlett  Holmes  ;  Abby 
Washburn  ;  Judah,  m.  Wealthy  S.,  d.  of  Samuel  Lewis  ; 
Rebecca,  m.  William  Burgess ;  and  Nathaniel  Thomas, 
m.  Hannah  Billings  of  Boston.  Zacheus,  son  of  4th 
Joseph,  m.  Margaret  Barnes,  1753,  and  had  George ; 
Zacheus,  1765  ;  Isaac  ;  Maltiah,  m.  Patty  Bartlett  and  a 
Cushman  ;  Phebe,  m.  Daniel  Perry  of  Sandwich  ;  Betsey, 
m.  Elias  Nye ;  Joseph ;  and  Mary,  m.  a  Mayhew. 
Zacheus,  son  of  above,  m.  Hannah,  d.  of  Samuel 
Jackson,  1796,  and  had  Sydney  of  Boston  ;  Margaret, 
m.  Winslow  Warren ;  Dr.  George  of  Boston ;  and 
Caroline,  m.  George  Pratt  of  Boston  Zacheus,  sou  of 
11th  Joseph,  m.  Sylvia  Blackwell,  and  had  Clark,  1825, 
m.  Mary  S.  Knowles  ;  Sarah,  1828,  m.  Paran  Bartlett ; 
Sylvia  Ann,  1833 ;  Zacheus,  1835  ;  James,  1841,  m. 
Sarah  A.  Briggs  ;  and  John  F.,  m.  Emma,  d.  of  Hosea 
Bartlett. 


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Amasa,  son  of  1st  Amasa,  was  born  in  1805.  Andrew, 
son  of  1st  Andrew,  had  Lois,  1791  ;  Sarah,  1795,  who 
married  David  P.  Reynolds.  He  m.  second,  1797, 
Elizabeth  Hammond  of  Rochester,  and  had  Eliza,  17y9  ; 
Eliza,  again,  1802,  m.  Michael  Howland ;  Hannah,  1804, 
m.  Algernon  S.  Sylvester ;  Andrew,  1806 ;  Winslow, 
1808;  Cordelia,  1812;  Orin,  1815.  Ansel,  son  of  2d 
Judah,  had  Ansel,  1789  ;  Charles  m.  Ellen  Rider  ;  Lewis 
m.  Mary  Carbin  Holmes  ;  Harvey,  1804 :  Caroline  m. 
Marston  Sampson  and  Wm.  Dewsbury ;  Betsey  m. 
Zacheus  Parker,  Elkanah  and  Nancy  m.  Zacheus  Sher- 
man. Allen,  Portland,  son  of  5th  William  (who  will 
be  found  in  the  addenda)  m.  Feb.  22,  1811,  Abigail  P. 
Haskell  of  Portland,  and  had  Flavel,  1812  ;  Washington 
Allen,  1814,  m.  Ruth  Bud  Bloom  of  N.  Y.;  Warren 
Holmes ;  John  Wesley,  1818,  m.  Mary  Stockman  of 
Rockport ;  Abby  P.  m.  Robert  Keller  of  Bangor ; 
Mercy  m.  a  Thornton  ;  Francis  Asbury  m.  Ada  Webb 
of  San  Francisco  ;  Harriet  m.  Samuel  Warden  of  Wor- 
cester. Clement,  son  of  5th  William  (in  the  addenda) 
m.  Fannie  Whittemore  of  West  Roxbury,  and  had  Ann 
Frances,  Henry,  and  Alfred.  Flavel,  son  of  5th  William 
(in  the  addenda)  had  a  wife,  Hannah,  and  had  Allen 
Smith  and  Eva.  George  Fred  Hunter,  son  of  Fred 
Wm.  m.  Alice  Mary  d.  of  Charles  W.  Evans  of  Buffalo. 


222  BARTLETT  MEMORIALS. 

Mary,  d.  of  Freeman,  born  in  1803.  Henry,  who  m. 
Fanny  Churchill  was  son  of  Harvey.  Henry,  son 
of  1st  Andrew,  m.  1791,  Clarissa  Harlow  and  had  Henry, 
1792  ;  Hosea,  1797  ;  Abigail,  1794 ;  Seth,  1802,  m  Nancy 
Bradford  of  Duxbury.  Seth,  son  of  1st.  Ichabod,  m. 
Charity  Gulliver.  John  Wesley,  son  of  Allen,  Boston, 
m.  Mary  Stockman  of  Rockport,  and  had  Frank  Mada- 
line,  1847,  m.  Nathan  B.  Hoyt,  of  New  Haven ;  Horace 
M.,  1849  ;  Edith  May ;  Effie  ;  Edith  Somes,  1856,  m. 
John  E.  Levy  of  Milltown,  Maine;  Louisa  F.,  1859; 
Mabel  S.,  1861  ;  Clifton  W.  A.,  1864.  John,  1752, 
Duxbury,  son  of  the  last  Nathaniel  (in  the  addenda), 
afterwards  of  Pembroke  and  Hartford,  Me.,  m.  Molly 
Bonney,  and  had  Nathaniel,  1777 ;  Margaret,  1779 ; 
Betsey,  1782 ;  John,  1784 ;  Ira,  1787  ;  Daniel,  1789  ; 
Joseph,  1791;  Polly,  1794.  The  Second  Samuel,  besides 
Lucy,  1807  had  Paran,  1820.  Lewis,  son  of  Diman, 
m.  1830,  Sally  Cornish,  d.  of  Nehemiah  Savory,  and  had 
Martha  Ann,  18B0  ;  Lewis  Thomas,  1833  ;  Sarah  Ann, 
1834  ;  Mary  E.,  1837,  m.  John  Fairbanks  of  Bridge- 
water.  He  m.  2d,  Achsah  H.  Kittridge  Brown,  wid.  of 
Joseph  Brown  andd.  of  JobGiddings  of  N.  H.,  and  had 
Joseph  Lewis,  1844 ;  Sarah  Achsah,  1847 ;  Frances 
Kittridge,  1849 ;  Ephraim  Diman,  1853,  m.  Harriet 
Russell,  d.  of  Jacob  Dickson.  Another  Nathaniel, 
m.  1759,  Rebecca  Ellis.  Nathaniel,  son  of  2d  Ebenezer, 
and  called  the  last  Nathaniel,  m.  Zenobe,  d.  of  Christo- 
pher Wadsworth,  and  had  Zenobe,  1743 ;  Nathaniel, 
1745 ;  Mary,  1746  ;  Elizabeth,  1749  ;  and  John,  1752. 
Rufus,  besides  children  mentioned,  had  Lizzie,  m. 
Kimball  Harlow  ;  Rebecca,  m.  George  Ellis  ;  Blackman  ; 


BARTLETT  MEMORIALS.  223 

Timothy  Allen  ;  Nathaniel,  m.  Hannah  d.  of  Samuel 
Bartlett ;  and  Clark.  Solomon,  son  of  2d  Solomon,  m. 
Abigail  Torrey,  and  Hannah  Rogers,  and  her  sister 
Abigail  m.  Samuel  Sampson.  Washington  Allen,  son 
of  Allen,  m.  Ruth  Bud  Bloom  of  N.  Y.,  and  had 
Frances  Amelia,  1839,  who  m.  Don  Estaban  St. 
Cruz  De  Oveda  of  Havana ;  Orelia  M.,  1841,  m. 
Dr  Ditson  of  Albany ;  and  Washington  Sewell. 
Charles,  son  of  1st  Truman,  born  1814;  Stephen,  his 
brother.  1802 ;  Lucia,  181 3,  and  Angeline,  1816,  his 
sisters.  Angeline,  d.  of  2d  Truman,  m.  Isaac  T.  Dun- 
ham. William,  Norway,  Me.,  called  above  the  5th 
William,  son  of  Lemuel,  m.  Mercy  Holmes,  and  had 
Esther,  1780;  Stephen;  Emily,  1785;  Allen,  1789; 
Flavel,  1792.  Emily  m.  John  Perry  of  Norway,  Me. 
Other  children  were  Mercy,  1809 ;  Eliza,  1804,  m.  an 
Austin  ;  Jane  H.,  1800,  m.  Nathaniel  Stevens  of  Nor- 
way ;   Clement  m.  Fanny  Whittemore  of  West  Roxbury. 


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PART  I. 

PAGE 

Lawrence  Memorials,       .....  9 

Indexes,         ....  47,  48 


PART  II. 
Bartlett   Memoklals,        ...  51 

PART  III. 

Bartlett  Memorials  (Continued),       .  .  .  183 

Indexes,  .....  195,  198 

PART  IV. 

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